2013–14 Football League Championship Explained

Competition:Football League Championship
Season:2013–14
Winners:Leicester City
1st Championship title
7th 2nd tier title
Promoted:Leicester City
Burnley
Queens Park Rangers
Relegated:Doncaster Rovers
Barnsley
Yeovil Town
Matches:552
Total Goals:1434
League Topscorer:28 goals
Ross McCormack (Leeds United)
Biggest Home Win:
Biggest Away Win:Barnsley 0–4 Wigan Athletic
Millwall 1–5 Derby County
Barnsley 1–5 Watford
Leeds United 1–5 Bolton Wanderers
Highest Scoring:Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers
Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers
Longest Wins:9 games
Leicester City
Longest Unbeaten:21 games
Leicester City
Longest Winless:17 games
Blackpool
Longest Losses:5 games[1]
Birmingham City
Leeds United
Highest Attendance:33,432[2]
Leeds United vs Brighton
Lowest Attendance:4,463
Average Attendance:16,555
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football League Championship under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and marked the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.[3]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams changed divisions after the 2012–13 season.[4]

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

From Championship

Relegated to League One

Promoted to Premier League

Rule changes

Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:[5]

Teams

Of the 24 participating teams, eighteen remain following the 2012–13 Football League Championship. They are joined by three teams promoted from the 2012–13 Football League One and three relegated from the 2012–13 Premier League.

On 20 April 2013, Bournemouth were promoted to the Championship after Brentford's 1–1 draw with Hartlepool. A week later, Doncaster were promoted as champions of League One after scoring a late goal against Brentford. This pushed Bournemouth down to second place. On 19 May, Yeovil Town won promotion by beating Brentford in the 2013 Football League One play-off final.

On 28 April 2013, Queens Park Rangers and Reading were both relegated from the Premier League after a goalless draw against each other. On 14 May, Wigan Athletic were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat at Arsenal.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: English League Championship Stats – 2013–14. ESPN. 21 August 2013. 24 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024154204/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/eng.2/english-league-championship?cc=5739. dead.
  2. Web site: Football League stats. Football league. 14 August 2013.
  3. Web site: League confirms 2013/14 start date . Football League . 16 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020183636/http://www.football-league.co.uk/footballleaguenews/20121221/league-confirms-201314-start-date_2293334_3016478 . 20 October 2013 .
  4. News: Premier League and Football League: Ups and downs. BBC Sport. 28 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Financial Fair Play in The Football League . Football League . 16 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140604195858/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/FLExplainedDetail/0%2C%2C10794~2748246%2C00.html . 4 June 2014 .