Championship line up for 2008 / 2009

Departing are W.B.A., Stoke and Hull City who are all going to the Premiership and we also lose Colchester, Scunthorpe and Leicester City to League 1. Leicester went down under Iain Holloway who has since been sacked.

We welcome back Reading, Birmingham and Derby from their Premier Leaue excursion and coming up from League 1 and Swansea, Nottingham Forest and Doncaster Rovers.

The full Championship line up is:

Reading
Birmingham
Derby
Bristol City
Crystal Palace
Watford
Wolves
Ipswich
Sheffield Utd
Plymouth
Charlton
Cardiff City
Burnley
Q.P.R.
Preston
Sheffield Weds
Norwich
Barnsley
Blackpool
Southampton
Coventry
Swansea
Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers

The fixtures are out on June 16th and the new season starts o August 9th.