Coventry players celebrate during their Championship win over Leicester this month
“Neil Warnock, with four promotions to the top flight on his managerial CV, admits this might not be a vintage year for quality teams in the Championship. But this confirmed fan of the English game’s second tier insists the campaign is shaping up to be another classic for a competition where fans have long since learnt to expect the unexpected. … Warnock, the manager who has got the most teams promoted in English professional football history (eight), makes a good point about the 2024-25 campaign. Champions Leeds United and runners-up Burnley bagged 100 points apiece, while Sheffield United became only the third team in Championship history to earn 90 points but fail to go up, after losing to fourth-placed Sunderland in the play-off final. …”
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