After eight seasons in the top flight, FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic will be playing in the nPower Championship next season after a 4-1 defeat by Arsenal at The Emirates Stadium.
Although the usual statements about ‘bouncing straight back’ have already been issued, Wigan fans might want to take a look at what happened to Birmingham City a couple of seasons ago. It wasn’t until the Blues had been knocked out of the Europa League that they started looking like serious candidates for promotion but they were knocked out of the playoffs in the semi finals and were no more than average this season.
As I’ve written on more than one occasion in the past, you probably need at least one season getting used to the Championship before you can win promotion from it. This season’s top six are a good example of that, but so is what happened to Wolves.
I’ll be back on Friday with a preview of the League One playoff final.
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