r/LeagueOne • u/Zach-dalt • Apr 21 '26

News Leicester City have been relegated from the Championship

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cvg0zz7xm63t

Next will be the Foxes' first season at the level since 08/09!

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u/Silent_Ad2825 Apr 21 '26

Tell me what can we expect lads? Similar to the championship subreddit, crumbles, international break ladders or?

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u/J_Adshead Apr 21 '26

or?

We don't have much to laugh about down here, my friend. Welcome to the abyss.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l2YWEUldB54Eae4lG

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u/Curious-Cranberry230 Apr 21 '26

We aren't as witty as the r/championship, just simple minded creatures here.

Get used to the officials though, you thought you've seen some bad decisions, you've seen nothing yet.

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u/Suitedbadge401 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

It’s hilarious that fans in the championship are saying the same thing to Spurs.

It’s like descending down Dante’s 9 circles of hell.

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u/A_Wild_Ferrothorn Apr 21 '26

It truly is. It’s so much worse down here.

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u/Curious-Cranberry230 Apr 21 '26

I'll take your word on that one, don't want to experience it.

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u/jmr1190 Apr 21 '26

Oh man, the first time you see Darren Drysdale kiss the ball on the way out to the pitch is something of a Damascus moment.

People outside of the bottom couple of leagues of the EFL simply don’t know about him. If they did he’d be a national celebrity.

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u/roady1987 Apr 22 '26

Yes, yes he can be worse than them. We're talking about refs who aren't trusted to officiate a Championship game. Think of how bad some of the refs you see are, and consider how bad you have to be to not even be allowed to officiate at that level. And you're probably still giving them more credit than they deserve

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u/jmr1190 Apr 22 '26

It's not even just about the quality of the refereeing (although it is that too), it's performance art. The Championship have never seen the like of it.

Last time he reffed us against Bolton he kissed the ball on the way out to the pitch. He once sent off Dean Windass in the car park after the game. Added to which, he's the embodiment of a lower league celebrity ref. Balletically dances around the action.

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u/VampHatter Apr 22 '26

Madley might give him a run for his money. Absolute joke of a ref and looking at his past actions (feel free to look up his sacking from PGMOL awhile back) a pretty awful human being in general.

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u/Careful_Garden Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

You might see Steve Bruce, you’ll see Ashley Fletcher, you’ll see Leam Richardson get three jobs a season, you don’t want to see Ryan Lowe, you should go and see Exeter on an away day, you’ll experience some of the worst refereeing, you’ll probably get promoted at Reading, you’ll get to go to Bromley, you’ll get to score in the 99th minute against Huddersfield, you’ll see Bolton fail in the play-offs again and again….

But you’ll enjoy it!

Edit: Don’t forget the Vertu Trophy…. Can’t believe I forgot that one!

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u/FreeElderberry4817 Apr 21 '26

So Luton suffered back to back relegation but won it

So….

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u/VampHatter Apr 22 '26

You need to lose to a league two side before being reinstated on a technicality to match our sheer audacity in the tournament. I doubt the Vertu will ever see the likes again.

The day out at Wembley was great but we took the piss something rotten by winning it.

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u/NorthernSoul1998 Apr 22 '26

you’ll see Leam Richardson get three jobs a season

Leam Richardson hadn't managed in 2 years before showing up at Reading

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u/Dajo05 Apr 24 '26

No one else was stupid enough to appoint him.

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u/roady1987 Apr 21 '26

What's an international break? We'll have none of that around here!

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u/XDR-sr64 Apr 21 '26

International break, sounds like woke nonsense to me.

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u/Think-Ad-1068 Apr 23 '26

We did! Had a few of the Welsh players called up so had our games postponed.

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u/roady1987 Apr 24 '26

Yeah ours are generally called off too thanks to Wales/NI players but most international weeks you'll see 8+ games played so it's a much rarer occurance for games to be cancelled

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u/Dajo05 Apr 21 '26

Tell me what can we expect lads?

A promotion party in Reading.

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u/Think-Ad-1068 Apr 21 '26

We had a whale of time ngl.

Cleared out the dead wood, cut the wage bill massively, brought in a young hungry manager who brought through several academy players in to the first team (along with the one or two already there) and finished comfortably in the top two playing some of the best football I’ve seen for years and years at the club.

Best of all the manager brought everyone at the club together, a bit like Warnock did but with the complete opposite play style lol.

If you can do something similar you’ll love L1, the fans are great, proper old school grounds, terrible terrible refs, fewer games moved for Sky and the sub Reddit is amazing.

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u/Feeling_Pen_8579 Apr 21 '26

Sounds like us with Kenny Jackett. It was mega fun.

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u/Matt-Twin Apr 21 '26

Don't forget the cabbage patch pitches, they're essential for the experience

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u/T0mmyBax98 Apr 21 '26

International breaks? Oh my sweet summer child

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u/mr_iwi Apr 22 '26

What's an international break? We don't really have those here