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Football Ruined My LifeAuthor: Colin Shindler, Jon Holmes, Paul Kobrak (and the late Patrick Barclay) Language: en Genres: Football, Soccer, Sports Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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137. The Gap Between the Premier League and the Championship.
Thursday, 16 April, 2026
This week Jim White, Colin Shindler and Jon Holmes wonder if the gap will ever narrow between the Championship and the Premier League. In 1964 Leeds United were promoted from the Second Division and in their first season in Division 1 they lost the League Championship to Manchester United only on goal average (as it then was). In the 1976-77 season Nottingham Forest finished third in the Second Division – well behind Chelsea and champions Wolverhampton Wanderers. The next season they won the First Division, the year after that they won the European Cup and then retained it the following year. Clearly that is never going to happen these days. More relevant is that last season all three clubs who had been promoted the previous year went straight back down again. This year at least one will go down and possibly two of the relegated sides in 2025 will come back up again. Will any club in the future be able to replicate what Forest did? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
