Division One and a Half May 16, 2007
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Well, it’s the middle of May right now. Some facts about this time of year:
1) Summer is imminent
2) All colleges except UCSB are already on break
3) Another horse will either fail to win the Triple Crown or die in the process
4) The Detroit Red Wings have suffered another disappointing first-round-exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
5) Sunderland is either moving up to the Premiership or down to the Championship.
After Glory! Glory! decided it would be fun to lose to West Ham and piss off a bunch of Sheffield fans, I decided to perform my annual ritual of looking at the Championship tables for the first time all year. The first thing I noticed was that Leeds finished 24th and have thus successfully gone from being a top-class Premier club to relegation to English football’s 3rd level of competition. Props. Not surprisingly, Sunderland topped the table and will thus be back next year, again.
Guess who else is back? That’s right, Birmingham City. No surprise here either. Norwich and Sheffield will be back after next season, too. Charlton will probably pull a Leeds.
To combat this frequent movement back and forth by perennially mediocre clubs, The Football League has announced that they will introduce Division One and a Half^, located between the Premiership and Championship, to contain the teams who are too good for the Championship but not quite good enough for the Premiership. Included in this league would be Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Watford, Norwich, West Brom, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, and a few others.
Some of you are probably thinking this is pointless, since the Championship is basically the same thing. This is totally true, but its not the point. After three years of play, the reasoning behind the move will become apparent. Sunderland, Wolves, etc need a home, a true place to call home. Their home certainly isn’t in the Premiership, since in the 2005-06 season Sunderland managed to beat the all-time record for lowest points earned, with 15. The previous recordholders were Sunderland. The Championship doesn’t bode these teams well, either, so this new league would be purely symbolic.
^There is no room for Cristiano Ronaldo in Division One and a Half.
