League One for 2025 / 26 season

[Chris Black come back]

If we do manage to get promoted, League One is already shaping up. The following are sides that are definitely in League One next season, as they can now not go up or go down:

Huddersfield
Blackpool
Lincoln
Barnsley
Rotherham
Stevenage
Wigan
Exeter
Peterborough
Northampton

To this group you can probably add Mansfield and Bolton also, who look fairly safe bets to be in League One, and a little less certain but a betting chance of coming down are Plymouth and Cardiff City. I would also be surprised if Bradford and Port Vale didn't get promoted.

If all that is the case and if we do go up, then we have games against Mansfield, Barnsley, Bradford, Rotherham, Lincoln and Huddersfield to look forward to next season. That's a prize worth playing for.

You might also add Hull City who risk being overtaken in the fight to keep away from the Championship vortex. That would make a right old season if they did come down.

[Ryaldinhio]

And

Huddersfield
Blackpool
Bolton
Wigan

Much better away days in L1!

[Fal]

Do you think Bolton will finally give us those 3 points they owe us?

[Scooter]

I’m looking forward to a league one tour. I’ll have about ten new grounds plus all the local derbies

[BillyStubbsTears]

All in all, if we do go up, we might be looking at an increase of 2-3k on average attendance. Some coming from more home fans but a large amount coming from regularly getting the away end nearly full. That could be an extra £1m income.

[Draytonian III]

All in all, if we do go up, we might be looking at an increase of 2-3k on average attendance. Some coming from more home fans but a large amount coming from regularly getting the away end nearly full. That could be an extra £1m income.

That’s good point, and maybe and only maybe Bradford could have 4000 away tickets next season

[Chris Black come back]

If we do manage to get promoted, League One is already shaping up. The following are sides that are definitely in League One next season, as they can now not go up or go down:

Huddersfield
Blackpool
Lincoln
Barnsley
Rotherham
Stevenage
Wigan
Exeter
Peterborough
Northampton

To this group you can probably add Mansfield and Bolton also, who look fairly safe bets to be in League One, and a little less certain but a betting chance of coming down are Plymouth and Cardiff City. I would also be surprised if Bradford and Port Vale didn't get promoted.

If all that is the case and if we do go up, then we have games against Mansfield, Barnsley, Bradford, Rotherham, Lincoln and Huddersfield to look forward to next season. That's a prize worth playing for.

You might also add Hull City who risk being overtaken in the fight to keep away from the Championship vortex. That would make a right old season if they did come down.

You can add to this Mansfield and Bolton who we will definitely be facing next season. Also Plymouth and Cardiff City.

[normal rules]

Can Leyton orient please stay in lge one. It would be nice to go there and get one over Richie after the last game there

[Herman Hessian]

goin' to be a proper good "Yorkshire League" to keep an eye on, wi' us - hopefully Bradford and Hull - plus Huddersfield, Barnsley and Rotherham; DFP ought to sponsor it and keep a table going with the games just between these clubs taken in to account...

[Filo]

One South Yorkshire City, and two South Yorkshire Towns in L1

[Nudga]

Kind of sick to the back teeth of Bradford so Walsall can take their place and also a place in next seasons lg1 bottom four

[RobTheRover]

Kind of sick to the back teeth of Bradford so Walsall can take their place and also a place in next seasons lg1 bottom four

Nah, Walsall only gave us 1 point this season, and Bratfud gave us 6. Let's have the 6 again next year.

[Chris Black come back]

For the 24 team League One next season, we currently have over half (15) definitely and *mathematically* confirmed:

Doncaster Rovers
Bolton
Cardiff
Huddersfield
Blackpool
Port Vale
Lincoln
Barnsley
Rotherham
Stevenage
Wigan
Exeter
Peterborough
Northampton
Mansfield

[normal rules]

Be nice to keep Charlton and orient for trips down to the smoke .

[dickos1]

Port vale

[dickos1]

Burton too,

[Herman Hessian]

already spoke to the wife about weekend trips to the west country for Plymouth and Exeter 

[Filo]

already spoke to the wife about weekend trips to the west country for Plymouth and Exeter 

You need permission?

[Herman Hessian]

already spoke to the wife about weekend trips to the west country for Plymouth and Exeter 

You need permission?

nah, but she comes with nowadays - days of lost weekends in places like Irthlingborough in the company of The World's Smallest Geography Teacher and The Pornographer General are long gone 

[Filo]

already spoke to the wife about weekend trips to the west country for Plymouth and Exeter 

You need permission?

nah, but she comes with nowadays - days of lost weekends in places like Irthlingborough in the company of The World's Smallest Geography Teacher and The Pornographer General are long gone 

Irthlingborough, the location of one of the greatest punches in Rovers history lol!

[Herman Hessian]

Irthlingborough, the location of one of the greatest punches in Rovers history lol!

   there's footage of that on-line somewhere - who was on the receiving end - Colin West wasn't it ???

[BobG]

Yes. Colin West. It was an absolutely belting punch - from one of my favourite, favourite players.

BobG
.

[Herman Hessian]

was thinking about Mr Sutherland in the aftermath of the game today - in that Billy Sharp is now very definitely up there alongside him on my personal Rovers' Mount Rushmore, along with Carl Swan, Neil Campbell and Willie Boyd...

[Herman Hessian]

Irthlingborough, the location of one of the greatest punches in Rovers history lol!

   there's footage of that on-line somewhere - who was on the receiving end - Colin West wasn't it ???

d'oh - it's the forum's own Video Library 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2FZ-D0b1dA

[AmericanRover]

Will be a tough old league next season no doubt. As far as who will be joining us and Vale, I just got a feeling Walsall will nick the final auto spot next week and Notts will win the playoffs. Cardiff and Plymouth are confirmed to come down from the Championship and I think Preston will falter again next week tbh and finally come back down to League 1.

Luton surviving by the skin of their teeth.

[Usher wide.]

If we do manage to get promoted, League One is already shaping up. The following are sides that are definitely in League One next season, as they can now not go up or go down:

Huddersfield
Blackpool
Lincoln
Barnsley
Rotherham
Stevenage
Wigan
Exeter
Peterborough
Northampton

To this group you can probably add Mansfield and Bolton also, who look fairly safe bets to be in League One, and a little less certain but a betting chance of coming down are Plymouth and Cardiff City. I would also be surprised if Bradford and Port Vale didn't get promoted.

If all that is the case and if we do go up, then we have games against Mansfield, Barnsley, Bradford, Rotherham, Lincoln and Huddersfield to look forward to next season. That's a prize worth playing for.

You might also add Hull City who risk being overtaken in the fight to keep away from the Championship vortex. That would make a right old season if they did come down.

Goodbye to grounds like:-

Morecambe
Accrington
Barrow
Bromley
Fleetwood
Tranmere

AND s**t referees, although I don’t for one minute expect their level of competence to reflect teams playing at a level higher.

Just SO looking forward to playing teams that because of their geographical closeness to us & the fact that they have that ‘solid support base’ having played at a much higher level than us for a much more sustained period will mean The Keepmoat (still can’t ‘go with’ Eco) Stadium will be at near enough capacity for all of those games Chris Black has mentioned plus Bolton Wanderers & maybe yet Hull City then Brad City making it over the line the possible ‘hair raising’ atmospheres like today (granted today had all this & perhaps even more riding on it) are ‘crowd bursting’ fixtures we can now look forward to.

That of course comes with increased revenue not only through the turnstiles but in merchandising & well……..other stuff!

Just so glad we’re another rung up that ladder to the ‘holy grail’ of Championship Football.

Been a long day lads & lasses, but all’s well that so far (Champions notwithstanding) has ended well.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Reight, Mrs S-T.

Tha knows that wall calendar where we put the days that we are busy for next year?

Best block me out for every Satdi and every other Tuesday.

[Pancho Regan]

I don’t think I’ve ever been to as many games as I have this season.

Partly because I’m now retired, partly because there have been a lot of away fixtures not too far from me (Barrow, Carlisle, Morecambe, Salford, Accrington etc) but mainly because I really believed we would get promoted this season and I wanted to be a part of that journey.

And I’ll be at Notts County next week to see us lift the Champions trophy.

But next season …. Oh my goodness, we have some amazing fixtures ahead.

[Chris Black come back]

For the 24 team League One next season, we currently have over half (15) definitely and *mathematically* confirmed:

Doncaster Rovers
Bolton
Cardiff
Huddersfield
Blackpool
Port Vale
Lincoln
Barnsley
Rotherham
Stevenage
Wigan
Exeter
Peterborough
Northampton
Mansfield

Now 16, with Burton Albion confirmed as being in League One next season.

[pib]

No trip to Crawley (good!) or Bristol Rovers next season.