Division One Decided. Who's up. Who's Down.
By Michael Lynch
May 31 2004
After the playoffs Division One has now been sorted. Here is a list of the teams that will be playing in our league next season. A mouth watering line-up, I must say.
| Division One |
30th May 2004 |
| After today's Division Two playoff final, the 24 clubs that will be competing in England's second flight next term are now known. We take a look at the latest additions to the pack.
Leicester City - Let's all take the time out to laugh at Leicester City Football Club. This season hasn't gone to well for them, (poor buggers). They boasted and boasted last season that they had gone up and we had stayed down. Well they're back down now- and they can't be a yo-yo club forever! Their players were involved in a rape scandal earlier this year when apparently several of the first-team squad got the meaning of the German term "Nein" a little bit mixed up! We'll be looking forward to a good bit of banter from Leicester fans when they come down to The City Ground next season and in all honesty I cannot wait to make my first trip to the Walkers Bowl. Sadly, they have a better stadium than us. Promotion - 6/1, Relegation - 200/1 Wolverhampton Wanderers - They'd been waiting to make it back to the top-flight for years, but when they finally achieved what they were hoping for it only lasted a season. The boys in orange will be looking to make an immediate return to the top-flight which they found themselves bottom of last term. Our fellow Midlands club will prove a stern test next season and will be looking to strengthen their squad over the summer with the money they earned via the Premiership. Promotion - 6/1, Relegation - 200/1 Leeds United - Leeds United are in one of the saddest states in all of football. They took a gamble on the team qualifying for the Champions League once again, and unfortunately for them, this time it didn't pay off. Our Yorkshire rivals will also be looking for promotion although their chances depend on how many players they clear out in the pre-season. If somehow miraculously their squad manages to remain the same then they will easily go up, but if they have to sell all their assets then the playoffs are their best hope. Promotion - 8/1, Relegation - 25/1 Plymouth Argyle - These southerners weren't one of the teams that I expected to come up but they did, and now we've got to make some long away day trips. I feel for Sunderland, I really do! I'm not going to stand here and pretend I know a lot about these boys because I don't. In fact, the only thing I know about Argyle is that I met one of their former players on the train and had to pretend I knew who he was! From what I here, though, they're a decent side and who knows? Promotion - 50/1, Relegation - 15/1 QPR - Failed in the playoffs last time round. Gained automatic promotion this term! QPR are, in my mind, a Premiership club stuck in the First Division just as we are. They will be looking to stay up and maybe even make that long awaited return to the Premiership! We can expect a good game from these next term and for them to bring 'up' quite a good following from London when they come here. Promotion - 40/1, Relegation - 20/1 Brighton & Hove Albion - Brighton were only back in Division Two for a season and now they're back here they'll be looking to stay up. According to their manager they are a club with no future unless they can get a new stadium and I for one am not looking forward to my trip to Withdean. Promotion - 75/1, Relegation - 20/1 Nationwide Football league Division One 2003/2004 Brighton & Hove Albion | |
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