Park Life 71 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It is less than one month since Burnley's victory in the Championship play-off final brought the curtain down on another memorable year in the Football League. But as the Clarets look forward to mixing with English football's aristocracy, the release of next season's fixtures confirms that Charlton Athletic, Southampton and Norwich City are facing an altogether bleaker reality. Three clubs who were members of the Premier League only four years ago will take on Wycombe, Millwall, and Colchester respectively in League One on 8 August, after being relegated from the Championship. Southampton dropped into the second tier in 2005 after 27 years in the top flight. Norwich came down with them after a solitary season of struggle. Every team and every fan looks for the bigger clubs when the fixtures come out Leicester striker Paul Dickov Charlton, long regarded by many as the model of how a modern club should be run, were relegated from the Premier League in 2007. Their stories are familiar ones. The three worst sides in last season's Championship are the latest in a growing number of clubs to sink from the top flight to the level formerly known as Division Three. Since the Premier League's inaugural season in 1992/93, 14 clubs have experienced the slide from the top division to what is now League One. Of these teams, only Manchester City have succeeded in regaining their place among English football's elite. Longer article here...Scary stuff and a nice clicking chart per club. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8050784.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Sunderland... Quit with the fucking dooms day scenario and lets get on with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Great Scott! West Ham come to mind as another example that might give us hope. They had the slump into the second tier for a couple of seasons and seem like they're established enough again. Hopefully we'll do one season better than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bob Almighty! 0 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Since when have Man City been amongst the english clubs elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 What Garbage. The league's not 20 year old yet. Of course it's rare that a team has been relegated twice on the trot then promoted twice on the trot. Half the league is made up of teams that have dropped to the championship and come back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Newcastle's .... debt at the end of the 2007/08 season stood at £245m. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Since St James's Park was expanded to a capacity of 52,387 in 2000, Newcastle have always been able to count on average attendances of over 50,000 for home matches, but over the course of last season crowds dipped to 48,750. "The only salvation could be if we see what happened at Manchester City happen at Newcastle - when City were relegated, average attendances went up. "Unless there's this perverse effect where the local community gets behind their team in relegation and attends games, then I think Newcastle are at the top of a very long slippery slope if they are not careful." Holy shit, a 2.5% drop. ...and that's bollocks about man City isn't it? They were getting 24,000 in the first division. Very respectable, but Premier league attendences must have been very low if they went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 (edited) ...and that's bollocks about man City isn't it? They were getting 24,000 in the first division. Very respectable, but Premier league attendences must have been very low if they went up. Apparently their PL attendences were indeedd that bad... Only due to stand closures for redevelopment like. Edited June 20, 2009 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Since when have Man City been amongst the english clubs elite? since we got relegated to Div2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 With a decent change of owners, some limited investment and a decent manager there's no reason why we can't bounce back straightaway. Ashley out is a must have of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineRoadMemories 0 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Our attendances are indeed a strange oddity. Averaged over 28,000 in the old third division, had to expand Maine Road in our championship winning season under King Kev and the a 5000 waiting list when we moved to Eastlands. Since then our attendances have bottomed out at around 43,000 leaving around 4000 empty seats every game. It seems that we do only get really excited about our team when they are on the edge of diaster. And been the richest club in the world does indeed push you into the elite clubs - Real, Barca, and AC Milan have all requested meetings with Citeh this year to discuss the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell 0 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 "....only get really excited when they are on the edge of a disaster..." Isn't that the Man City way though? You all get a bit nervous when things go really well? Don't you all think " Oh fuck, something will happen to cock it all up." and then something does happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 0 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 And been the richest club in the world does indeed push you into the elite clubs - Real, Barca, and AC Milan have all requested meetings with Citeh this year to discuss the future. Given that you offered £100m for a player that was eventually sold for £55m, I'm not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 And been the richest club in the world does indeed push you into the elite clubs - Real, Barca, and AC Milan have all requested meetings with Citeh this year to discuss the future. Given that you offered £100m for a player that was eventually sold for £55m, I'm not surprised. Looks like FS has a consultancy there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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