Fri May 12, 2023 10:21 am
How can it be when Cardiff lost exactly half of our 46 league games?
Only relegated Blackpool lost more than us. Only relegated Wigan scored less than our miserable 41 goals which is our equal lowest number for a 46 game season – the 95/96 team, which finished 90th out of the 92 Premier League and EFL clubs are the illustrious outfit we share that dubious record with.
Yes, Reading broke the rules and they should be punished, but we were lucky to avoid the drop this season.
In a fortnight or so, it will be 20 years to the day since Andy Campbell’s goal returned us to the second tier after 18 years away. Since then, I’d say we’ve had three seasons where we were in real relegation trouble in the Championship – 2004/05, last season and this year.