The return of Sparky, top two tighten grip & Blackburn’s little magician

Jonathan Oakes is joined by Don Goodman and Daniel Mann to discuss all the latest from the Championship, League One and League Two.In the Championship (from the start) the panel takes at how Fulham and Bournemouth tightened their grip on the promotion spots, while Blackburn returned to winning ways with a big victory over QPR.At the bottom half Peterborough’s survival hopes suffered a blow as they lost to Hull in Grant McCann’s first game in charge against his old side, while Barnsley fan Joe Beardsall (@RedAllOverBFC) talks us through their recent mini revival.Blackburn’s Tyrhys Dolan (28m29s) then takes centre stage as he reveals all by answering our quickfire questions in Ten To Tackle.In League One (31m45s) there was a first Sunderland win for Alex Neil, Derek Adams returned to Morecambe and began with a draw, while Gillingham fan Matt (@GillsInTheBlood) discusses their continued progress under Neil Harris.And in League Two (43m20s) Mark Hughes made a surprise move to Bradford although he began with a defeat, Carlisle fan Lee Rooney (@BruntonBugle) assesses their first game and win under Paul Simpson and the panel round up the rest of the action near the top of the table.All that and much, much more!Essential EFL is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/essential-eflYou can also listen to Essential EFL on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Essential EFL".For more EFL news, head to skysports.com/footballFor advertising opportunities email: [email protected]