The Earliest A Club Has Been Promoted From The Championship?

[albionalbino]

What is the earliest date in the season a club has been promoted from the Championship?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What is the earliest date in the season a club has been promoted from the Championship?

Newcastle United, 9th August 2016

 

[MattBackHome]

What is the earliest date in the season a club has been promoted from the Championship?

Guessing it's Reading 05/06?

 

[whitelion]

Newcastle United, 9th August 2016

Surely it was 15th May 2016

 

[NooBHA]

Coincidentally. And it looks like the same might happen again.

When CH got Newcastle Promoted, they clinched Promotion on Easter Monday and all but clinched it due to goal difference on the ''Good Friday''