just to cheer up Denis Wise and all Leeds fans!

in the last 18 seasons ( since this league went to 24 teams) </p>

the team which was bottom after having played 30 games escaped relegation on only 5 occasions (in red)</p><table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="99" border="0"><tbody><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="width: 46px; height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1988-9</font></td><td class="xl22" style="width: 85px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8">

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<font face="Arial" size="2">Walsall</font></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1989-0</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Stoke</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1990-1</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hull</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl23" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">1991-2</font></td><td class="xl23" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">Oxford</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl23" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">1992-3</font></td><td class="xl23" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">Birmingham</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1993-4</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Oxford</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1994-5</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Notts C</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1995-6</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Watford</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1996-7</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Oldham</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl23" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">1997-8</font></td><td class="xl23" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">Portsmouth</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl23" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">1998-9</font></td><td class="xl23" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">Crewe</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">1999-0</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Swindon</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl23" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">2000-1</font></td><td class="xl23" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="2">Sheff W</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">2001-2</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Stockport</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">2002-3</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Brighton</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">2003-4</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Wimbledon</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">2004-5</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">Rotherham</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td class="xl22" style="height: 17px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2">2005-6</font></td><td class="xl22" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="2"> Crewe</font></td></tr></tbody></table>