No they weren't. The bottom two in division two were always relegated. Teams in the middle, geographically, would get moved between division 3(S) and division 3(N) to keep the numbers even. Coventry City, for example, played in both divisions at various times, as did Mansfield and Port Vale (and...
......and bearing in mind the goal difference, it's almost impossible for Cardiff to catch us - so play-offs are virtually guaranteed as a worst case scenario.
Ipswich can only equal our current points tally (75); they can't get 78 - and they'd have an eighteen goal goal difference to overcome to finish above us.
Whoops - sorry! I was doing my calculations on us having 60 points. I blame the BBC for not updating their league tables quickly enough (I'll try that excuse, anyway, and see how it does..............)
"Could" - theoretically. But won't, at least not until the last two or three games when the jostling for play-off places (if indeed that is relevant to us) is decided. The first three candidates for the 'can't catch us' stakes (Charlton, Bolton and Rotherham) can catch us at the moment - but if...