BBC article:best teams to play in Championship/Division 2
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 11:31 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52416054
Good article,i never realised so many teams came straight up from the 2nd tier,and went on to win the top flight in their 1st season back.
I guess it showed that before the days of the PL,there was little to choose between the top 2 divisions.
What
me though was that neither of our recent promotions even merited a mention,coming up in 13/14 without spending a bean,and having to sell our main striker,the Ings/Vokes partnership,and we actually lost less games than Leicester that season,we lost 5,they lost 6.
15-16 Losing Ings & Trippier,Gray & Vokes taking up the slack,and Barton bossing the midfield,again only losing 5 games all season,23 games unbeaten after Boxing Day,90+ points.
We also lost fewer games then many of the 10 selected,and in most cases had a much smaller budget in comparison.
Good article,i never realised so many teams came straight up from the 2nd tier,and went on to win the top flight in their 1st season back.
I guess it showed that before the days of the PL,there was little to choose between the top 2 divisions.
What

15-16 Losing Ings & Trippier,Gray & Vokes taking up the slack,and Barton bossing the midfield,again only losing 5 games all season,23 games unbeaten after Boxing Day,90+ points.
We also lost fewer games then many of the 10 selected,and in most cases had a much smaller budget in comparison.