If the seasoned ended today Barclays Premier League Teams to be Relegated 18 Bolton 17 -10 17 19 Hull City 19 -22 17 20 Portsmouth 19 -11 14 Coca Cola League Championship Teams to be promoted 1 Newcastle United 24 25 51 2 West Bromwich Albion F.C. 23 26 45 3 Winner of the playoff of: - Nottingham Forest 24 16 43 - Cardiff 23 15 37 - Leicester 22 4 37 - Swansea 24 2 37
To add on, Plymouth Argyle, Sheffield Wednesday, and Peterborough United would be relegated to League One. Leeds United and Charlton Athletic would be promoted to League Championship and would be joined by the winner of a playoff betwen Norwich City, Colchester United, Huddersfield Town, and Swindon Town. Some of those six clubs have recently been in League Championship or higher.
Yes they were, they finished 2nd in 2007-08 to move up to League Championship. During their first year back after having been relegated in May 2005 they finished 19th. Er Pichi
Forest have spent a lot of money since coming back up, but they've assembled a hell of a squad. After seeing them rip West Brom apart last night it wouldn't surprise me to see them take second place. They were very solid at the Liberty as well, and it was easy to see why they haven't lost away from home yet as we barely created anything against them. I don't think anyone other than those two will make a proper challenge for the second automatic spot, Cardiff were in with a decent chance but they're in such a mess financially that they'll probably have to sell their best players.
THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON REPORT it's all over but the shouting (and the playoffs) Barclays Premier League Teams to be Relegated 18 Burnley 38 8 6 24 42 82 -40 30 6 19 Hull City 38 6 12 20 34 75 -41 30 3 20 Portsmouth 38 7 7 24 34 66 -32 19 Coca Cola League Championship Teams to be promoted 1 Newcastle United 46 30 12 4 90 35 55 102 16 2 West Bromwich Albion 46 26 13 7 89 48 41 91 Winner of playoff between: 3 Nottingham Forest 46 22 13 11 65 40 25 79 8 4 Cardiff City 46 22 10 14 73 54 19 76 11 5 Leicester City 46 21 13 12 61 45 16 76 15 6 Blackpool 46 19 13 14 74 58 16 70 Coca Cola League Championship Teams to be Relegated 22 Sheffield Wednesday 46 11 14 21 49 69 -20 47 23 Plymouth Argyle 46 11 8 27 43 68 -25 41 3 24 Peterborough United 46 8 10 28 46 80 -34 34 Coca Cola The Football League 1 Teams to be promoted 1 Norwich City 46 29 8 9 89 47 42 95 10 2 Leeds United 46 25 11 10 77 44 33 86 winner of playoff between: 3 Millwall 46 24 13 9 76 44 32 85 10 4 Charlton Athletic 46 23 15 8 71 48 23 84 10 5 Swindon Town 46 22 16 8 73 57 16 82 6 6 Huddersfield Town 46 23 11 12 82 56 26 80 12 Coca Cola The Football League 1 Teams to be relegated 21 Gillingham 46 12 14 20 48 64 -16 50 7 22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 10 15 21 56 76 -20 45 13 23 Southend United 46 10 13 23 51 72 -21 43 5 24 Stockport County 46 5 10 31 35 95 -60 25 Coca Cola The Football League 2 Teams to be promoted 1 Notts County 46 27 12 7 96 31 65 93 13 2 Bournemouth 46 25 8 13 61 44 17 83 12 3 Rochdale 46 25 7 14 82 48 34 82 winner of playoff between: 4 Morecambe 46 20 13 13 73 64 9 73 12 5 Rotherham United 46 21 10 15 55 52 3 73 8 6 Aldershot Town 46 20 12 14 69 56 13 72 8 7 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 20 12 14 69 58 11 72 Coca Cola The Football League 2 Teams to be relegated 23 Grimsby Town 46 9 17 20 45 71 -26 44 10 24 Darlington 46 8 6 32 33 87 -54 30
Oxford United 3-1 York City Oxford United secured their place back in the Football League after a four-year absence with victory over York at rain-lashed Wembley. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8673190.stm