Otis
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Already been linked on here on another thread, but I do believe this deserves its own thread.
If true there are some interesting facts in here.
Football League Paper: Relegation
Posted on: Mon 30 Apr 2012
By Chris Dunlavy
Relegation is a bitter pill at the best of times, and even worse when it comes with added woe. So if you're a fan of Coventry, Portsmouth or Doncaster, look away now.
Because, contrary to what Sky Blues deputy chairman John Clarke said this week, a demotion from the Championship is often far, far worse than a temporary blip.
"Many, many big clubs have fallen into the third tier of English football in the past 10 to 15 years," said Clarke, whose side have played in the top two divisions since 1964.
"Manchester City, Norwich City, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United have all been relegated to the third tier but either bounced back or are in the process of bouncing back."
That's true, but what he didn't mention is that only Man City and Norwich managed to
bounce back immediately.
In fact, of the 30 teams relegated to the third tier in the last decade, only six made an instant return.
The last was Peterborough, promoted via the play-offs in 2011, whilst Norwich came back from a 7-1 first day thumping by Colchester to win the League One title in 2010.
The year before was the only occasion on which two teams have come straight back, with Nigel Pearson's Leicester taking the title and Scunthorpe winning the play-offs.
After that, you have to go way back to 2003/04 with Brighton and then 2002/03, when Crewe made an instant return.
Of the rest, three (Stockport, Luton and Grimsby) now play in the Conference, whilst Southend, Crewe, Gillingham, Rotherham and Bradford are in League Two.
In the same period, ten clubs bounced straight back to the Premier League, which tells you the scale of the task facing this year's relegated trio.
Why is it so tough? In a word, money. The average wage of a Championship player is £4,059 per week.
That's fine when you're in the Championship. Unfortunately you lose about £3.7m in solidarity payments and TV money in League One. By any club's standards, that it is a massive percentage of revenue to lose.
And while clubs relegated from the top flight can absorb short-term losses thanks to £48m parachute payments over four years, those relegated from the Championship get just £325,000.
That's why the average wage in League One is just £1,410 per week. And it's also why big clubs with a long history in the Championship and Premier League (where the average wage is £22,353) need to cut costs and fast.
They need a complete overhaul of the squad and coaching staff, which takes time and causes huge disruption.
That's why Scunthorpe and Peterborough - two clubs who always lacked the resource to shell out Championship wages - came straight back whilst the likes of Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday floundered. On that basis, my money's on Doncaster.
If true there are some interesting facts in here.
Football League Paper: Relegation
Posted on: Mon 30 Apr 2012
By Chris Dunlavy
Relegation is a bitter pill at the best of times, and even worse when it comes with added woe. So if you're a fan of Coventry, Portsmouth or Doncaster, look away now.
Because, contrary to what Sky Blues deputy chairman John Clarke said this week, a demotion from the Championship is often far, far worse than a temporary blip.
"Many, many big clubs have fallen into the third tier of English football in the past 10 to 15 years," said Clarke, whose side have played in the top two divisions since 1964.
"Manchester City, Norwich City, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United have all been relegated to the third tier but either bounced back or are in the process of bouncing back."
That's true, but what he didn't mention is that only Man City and Norwich managed to
bounce back immediately.
In fact, of the 30 teams relegated to the third tier in the last decade, only six made an instant return.
The last was Peterborough, promoted via the play-offs in 2011, whilst Norwich came back from a 7-1 first day thumping by Colchester to win the League One title in 2010.
The year before was the only occasion on which two teams have come straight back, with Nigel Pearson's Leicester taking the title and Scunthorpe winning the play-offs.
After that, you have to go way back to 2003/04 with Brighton and then 2002/03, when Crewe made an instant return.
Of the rest, three (Stockport, Luton and Grimsby) now play in the Conference, whilst Southend, Crewe, Gillingham, Rotherham and Bradford are in League Two.
In the same period, ten clubs bounced straight back to the Premier League, which tells you the scale of the task facing this year's relegated trio.
Why is it so tough? In a word, money. The average wage of a Championship player is £4,059 per week.
That's fine when you're in the Championship. Unfortunately you lose about £3.7m in solidarity payments and TV money in League One. By any club's standards, that it is a massive percentage of revenue to lose.
And while clubs relegated from the top flight can absorb short-term losses thanks to £48m parachute payments over four years, those relegated from the Championship get just £325,000.
That's why the average wage in League One is just £1,410 per week. And it's also why big clubs with a long history in the Championship and Premier League (where the average wage is £22,353) need to cut costs and fast.
They need a complete overhaul of the squad and coaching staff, which takes time and causes huge disruption.
That's why Scunthorpe and Peterborough - two clubs who always lacked the resource to shell out Championship wages - came straight back whilst the likes of Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday floundered. On that basis, my money's on Doncaster.
