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SNAKES AND LADDERS

TOM BLACKETT believes it’s time the differences in the number of promotion places on offer should be addressed

WHEN clubs fall through the Football League trapdoor, you get the feeling they think it’s the end of the world.
They’ll have to slum it in the Conference against a bunch of nobodies and everyone will be out to take their scalp.
But if those fears are completely over the top, then there is one factor that makes me understand why some Football League dropouts are about as happy as a short-lived Leeds United manager.
What is it? The fact that there are only two ...

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