Ipswich 1 point from promotion “ Championship this week “

Some achievement doing L1 then Championship b2b.

Only 3 other teams have done it in recent years:

The big one though, promotion from League One up to the Premier League in two seasons, has only been done three times in the past 27 years. No side looks like adding to that number this year with Rotherham, Wigan and Blackburn all loitering in the bottom half of the table, but let’s look at the sides who did pull this off.

Southampton were the most recent side to achieve this as Rickie Lambert fired them to the promised land just 12 months after they had finished second in League One. Since then the club have established themselves as a well-respected Premier League club, decent.

Saints actually replicated Norwich from the season before, who won a remarkable 52 league games over two seasons to book themselves a spot in the top flight. Paul Lambert was heralded as a hero around East Anglia before he returned to those parts as a villain, as manager of Ipswich Town earlier this year.

Graham Taylor also pulled off this feat with Watford in the late 90’s. The iconic manager transformed his side from Division Two strugglers into Premier League players in a matter of months and it was a truly incredible achievement.

Looks like they will finish above Leeds which is some achievement, Kieffer Moore added goals and helped them over the line.