Has any team from rock bottom in this division and been promoted in the same season?
Yes!Since 1990, I can find four that were bottom any time after the second game of the season and went on to get promoted:
2021/22 - Nottingham Forest -
Bottom at gameweeks
4-8 - Finished 4th (Play-off winners)
2018/19 - Sheffield United -
Bottom at gameweek
2 - Finished 2nd
2012/13 - Crystal Palace -
Bottom at gameweeks
2-3 - Finished 5th (Play-off winners)
1998/99 - Bradford City -
Bottom at gameweek
5 - Finished 2nd
And four more who were second bottom at any time after the third game of the season:
2011/12 - Reading -
23rd at gameweek
6 - Finished 1st
2008/09 - Burnley -
23rd at gameweek
4 - Finished 5th (Play-off winners)
2006/07 - Sunderland -
23rd at gameweek
5 - Finished 1st
1995/96 - Derby -
23rd at gameweek
4 - Finished 2nd
These teams, as far as I can see, also encompass all teams in the relegation zone the latest but being promoted in the same season.
We, on the other hand, have been bottom this season after gameweek
17, and in the relegation zone until gameweek
19!
If we were to (somehow) get promoted, it would very comfortably be the latest charge up the table for an awful long time.
This should also serve to highlight just how unfathomably unlikely this would be...
It's a strange thing what three consecutive wins can do for your mentality...
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