Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
It was to protect themselves against this precise eventuality, where teams progress on merit!
Reminds me of the time when Bolton Wanderers were in the Prem and they put forward a proposal to ban relegation from that league. Fortunately they failed and now they're playing the likes of Accrington, Cheltenham, Fleetwood, Burton Albion, Morecambe and the mighty Forest Green Rovers. The day the bigger clubs succeed in pulling the ladder up behind them will be the day football as we know it dies.