Unlike American sports our clubs can rise all the way to the big leagues with hard work, good management and investment, a good youth academy or perhaps a bit of all the ingredients.
Of course neglect or a change in fortunes can result in a fall back down. It is perhaps hard to imagine for the younger generation that the likes of Swindon Town and Notts County once played top flight football.
In fact there are four current League Two sides who once played top flight football, with another 11 clubs once reaching what is now the Championship and just four never playing higher than League Two.
Here is how the league would look based on every club’s highest ever finish.


10. Shrewsbury Town
8th in Division Two (second tier) in the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons. Photo: Getty Images

11. Newport County
9th in the abandoned Football League Second Division season of 1939–40 Photo: Pete Norton



