Originally Posted by
upthemaggies
BW, formed post war, are a somewhat schizophrenic club going by their final league positions, both in the 5th and 6th tiers since they entered into the NL/Conference the season after we'd gone up under Munto. If this pattern continues they could well be battling the drop to tier 6 next season if they don't go up this.
5th tier
2020/21 - 14th/23
2019/20 - 5th/24
2018/19 - 20th/24
2017/18 - 4th/24 pof
2016/17 - 11th/24
2015/16 - 19th/24
6th tier
2014/15 - 2nd/21 WON POF
2013/14 - 13th/22
2012/13 - 9th/22
2011/12 - 8th/22
2010/11 - 14th/22
Sutton Utd go back a lot further and were a top half 5th tier club around the time of their famous FA Cup win against 1st tier Coventry in 1989, but I'd still expect them to hit a ceiling and crash back down again eventually, ditto Harrogate. Look at Yeovil, went all the way up to tier 2 and now a non-league side again, Macc Town and Rushden both had their day in the 3rd tier and ended up going out of business. Burton are the biggest success story of a club that size, but that still might end in tears yet.