May 25May 25 Of the 12 founding members of the Football League 8 will be in the Championship for 2026-27. Only the original big city clubs of Aston Villa and Everton remain in the Premier League. No founder members in League One, but Notts County and the reformed Accrington in League Two. All the Championship clubs were in the Football League in 1926-27, and here are their positions in that season. Division- position club: 1-4 Bolton Wanderers, 1-5 Burnley, 1-6 West Ham United,, 1-8 Sheffield United, 1-12 Derby County, 1-14 Cardiff City, 1-17Birmingham City, 1-18 Blackburn Rovers, 1-22 West Bromwich Albion, 2-1 Middlesbrough, 2-2 Portsmouth, 2-6 Preston North End, 2-12 Swansea Town (now City), 2-13 Southampton, 2-15 Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3S-1 Bristol City, 3N-1 Stoke City, 3S-3 Millwall, 3N-11 Lincoln City, 3S-13 Charlton Athletic, 3N-13 Wrexham, 3S-14 Queens Park Rangers, 3S-16 Norwich City, 3S-21 Watford.
May 25May 25 Popular Post 2 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said: Finish 8th next season and you're in the playoffs If we ever got there, I think the stress of play-off quarters, semis, and then final would see me off
May 25May 25 15 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said: International weekends won’t mean match postponements being shoehorned to midweek. Can make plans safe in the knowledge the weekends are free! Also got that new 2 weekend break thing starting next season in September/October.
May 25May 25 6 hours ago, MalcolmW said: Of the 12 founding members of the Football League 8 will be in the Championship for 2026-27. Only the original big city clubs of Aston Villa and Everton remain in the Premier League. No founder members in League One, but Notts County and the reformed Accrington in League Two. All the Championship clubs were in the Football League in 1926-27, and here are their positions in that season. Division- position club: 1-4 Bolton Wanderers, 1-5 Burnley, 1-6 West Ham United,, 1-8 Sheffield United, 1-12 Derby County, 1-14 Cardiff City, 1-17Birmingham City, 1-18 Blackburn Rovers, 1-22 West Bromwich Albion, 2-1 Middlesbrough, 2-2 Portsmouth, 2-6 Preston North End, 2-12 Swansea Town (now City), 2-13 Southampton, 2-15 Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3S-1 Bristol City, 3N-1 Stoke City, 3S-3 Millwall, 3N-11 Lincoln City, 3S-13 Charlton Athletic, 3N-13 Wrexham, 3S-14 Queens Park Rangers, 3S-16 Norwich City, 3S-21 Watford. C’mon Malc
May 25May 25 Popular Post 34 minutes ago, burnden said: It looks ace !! Big games most weeks . Absolutely no gimmes there. Hope our fans remain realistic first season back. Would take bottom half and staying up first season. Whilst winning the FA Cup
May 25May 25 London Stadium will be a new ground. Looking forward to the Dingles again, last time I was there we only needed 9 men 😆
May 25May 25 2 hours ago, burnden said: It looks ace !! Big games most weeks . unless they've been getting massive investment in recent years, and hoping we have a good go at strengthening, I reckon we can be as good as half that league recruitment going to be massive but SS been good at it so far mostly desperate to sign Kenny and take it from there
May 25May 25 I think it’s not unreasonable to say that we need to sign at least 10 players if we expect to finish mid table
May 25May 25 Popular Post I'd snatch your hand off for fourth from bottom right now. Next season is about staying up unless we get some major investment from somewhere over the summer.
May 25May 25 43 minutes ago, Spider said: I think it’s not unreasonable to say that we need to sign at least 10 players if we expect to finish mid table What about finishing 8th?
May 25May 25 Cannot. Fucking. Wait. And we got World Cup too to keep us entertained in between, as well as all the latest on new signings, kits, fixtures etc. What a summer already. Up the trotters.
May 25May 25 11 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said: What about finishing 8th? We’d need 14 players. mid table is probably optimistic, playoffs borderline insane, 21st and above the result we all would take right now.
May 25May 25 I think just surviving will be the task next season back up there. When you look at that list of teams it’s actually pretty difficult to pick 3 teams you’d expect to be at the bottom but all things being equal you’d have to expect us to probably be favourites for the drop with Lincoln. Who cares though we didn’t take 7 years of purgatory just to fall back there again. The Whites are staying up.
May 25May 25 3 hours ago, burnden said: It looks ace !! Big games most weeks . Most W teams in same division? @MalcolmW
May 25May 25 Don't know, it feels different this time. Last time was a brief respite from a decade of diminishing returns, we spent nothing and stayed up. I was just too young for the Rioch era but I'm guessing it feels similar to that; certainly I would equate it to when we went up in the Big Sam era.
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