But this year is the first year that the huge new TV deal has kicked in, it gives the relegated clubs the type of financial clout that they could only dream of in previous years.
What was our turnover last year? 25-odd million? Sunderland got over 93 million from the league alone - never mind what they generated themselves.
Thank God we got promoted when we did. The top of the Championship will soon become a closed shop where only mega-rich ex-Prem clubs (bolstered by...