3rd place after 36 games in this division-1992-2005

has gone up automatically once</p>

has gone up via the playoffs twice</p>

and missed the playoffs once (in an odd year when only the top club went up automatically)</p>

the 2001/2 figures are an approximation as no 3rd place team had played 36 games</p>

see document for details-playoff winner in blue</p>

 

That's some serious **** you've done there.

 

glad to be of service!!

 

Strange...

How many local rivals have been up there together over the last few years....

92/93 - Stoke 1st, Port Vale 3rd
95/96 - Swindon 1st, Oxford 2nd
96/97 - Bury 1st, Stockport 2nd
99/00 - Preston 1st, Burnley 2nd
02/03 - Wigan 1st, Crewe 2nd

and also how many current premiership teams have been down in these depths in the last few years: Bolton, Wigan, WBA, Birmingham, Man City, Fulham (and Reading aren't far off). Thats s third of the Premiership teams that have been at this level within the last decade.

 

I think the question on Dirks lips is. Did you wipe and look at it afterwards?