Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

AFTER a season when parachute payments played such a decisive role in the Championship promotion race, it is important to remember just how fluid and meritocratic England’s second tier remains.
Since this publication restarted ahead of the 2009-10 campaign, only two teams -Derby and Nottingham Forest -have been mainstays in the division.
Of the current occupants, 15 were members of the Premier League during that 13-year period, whilst a further 13 won promotion from League One, many of them on multiple occasions. Four more played in League Two.
This l...