The best Championship teams ever is a funny category. They are, by definition, fleeting – off to the promised lands of Premier League riches. There can be no eras of dominance, and no expectation that their successes carry on in the top flight.
Made up of clubs developed from the lower reaches of the Football League, and, more often than not, by sides looking to bounce back to the top flight, the best Championship teams usually steamroll the rest of the division with such ease that promotion is wrapped up by Easter.
