It has already happened : The year Sheff Utd got relegated instead of West Ham when West Ham had played Tevez who scored the goal which kept West Ham up. He was later deemed to an illegible player at the time.
Sheff Utd were taking legal action against the League because the did not dock West...
All 3 clubs at the top I am sure could point to many incidents through the course of the season which alter the fate of which two get promoted. At the end of the day the one which misses out can only point to one of 3 things
1. They did not get as many points as the other two
2. Their goal...