Ok so for those of you who don't already know, there are 3 professional divisions outside of the Premier League which form The Football League, they are:

The Championship
League One
League Two

The top two teams in The Championship gain automatic promotion with one team advancing via the playoffs. The bottom 3 get relegated to League One. The same occurs with League One but with 4 teams getting relegated to League Two, and League Two has 3 teams promoted automatically and 1 via the playoffs.. The bottom 2 teams in League Two get relegated to the National Conference which is referred to as non-league or semi-pro, then one team gets promoted from the National Conference to League Two and 1 via the playoffs.

The 3 Football League Teams have 72 football teams in total, some of which you guys may recognise if you're a keen English football follower as there are some really big teams outside of the Premier League.

In this thread I won't include the FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy or National Conference fixtures/results as a whole but I will include upsets and surprise results whereby a Football League team knocks out a Premier League team etc..

I also see no need to include every fixture and result throughout the league season, but I will include talking points from all 3 divisions.

So here's a little bit about my main team. 

My team are Swindon Town FC, we play in League Two and had one solitary Premier League season back in 1993/94, we're based in Swindon Wiltshire, and have a stadium which holds around 15,000.. however, it's rarely full (only when we have a cup game against a big Premier League team or local rival). Our attendances generally tend to be around 7,200 sometimes more or less depending on opponent and how well our season is going. This year we've made some excellent signings and I'm hoping for at least a playoff berth. We also made a very controversial signing with a player called Luke McCormick. He is a 35 year old Goalkeeper who has served time in prison due to death by dangerous driving and driving whilst under the influence of alcohol which resulted in the death of 2 young children. This signing has divided the fanbase somewhat, but we have been reassured that he is literally in for the number 2 spot. I won't put my personal opinion on the signing on here, I don't see the need. We have 3 main rivals in Oxford United, Bristol Rovers and Bristol City with Oxford being the bitterest. 

So, here are the promotion and relegation odds for the 3 divisions in the football league (via Sky Bet):

The Championship outright winner favourite:

Stoke 9/2

The Championship promotion odds:

Stoke City 6/4
West Brom 5/2
Middlesbrough 11/4
Leeds 10/3
Nottingham Forest 10/3

The Championship relegation odds:

Rotherham 6/5
Bolton 6/4
Ipswich 11/4
Hull City 4/1
Reading 4/1

League One outright winner favourite:

Sunderland 3/1

League One promotion odds:

Sunderland 5/4
Barnsley 5/2
Charlton 10/3
Portsmouth 7/3
Luton 4/1

League One relegation odds:

Accrington 6/5
Wycombe 6/4
Gillingham 7/4
Walsall 7/4
AFC Wimbledon 3/1

League Two outright winner favourite:

Notts County 11/2

League Two promotion odds:


Notts County 11/8
MK Dons 13/8
Lincoln 5/2
Bury 11/4
Swindon 3/1

I hope you all enjoy the upcoming season, I know I will and won't in equal measures!

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