Why Hull City, Leeds United and Stockport County will go up

Whichever of the two Cities, Hull and Bristol prevail they will be navigating unchartered waters next year. It will be fantastic for either clubs and good for the Premier league. Bristol as the biggest english city south-west of Birmingham should really do better in terms of support and results, but for Gary Johnson to take them up twice in a row it would be a wonderful achievement. Brown has done a great job at Hull who clung on to Championship status last season barely at the expense of my home-town club Leeds. He has turned it around nicely there and the old heads in the squad can be crucial. I have a feeling that Leeds are going to find Doncaster a very tough proposition, but heart over head see us prevail. When all is said and done (and I know other clubs' fans are willing us to fail and believe strangely that in some way we have cheated to get our play-off place) when you start at -15, are unable to sign players until the eve of the season and were still paying players like Mills, Fowler, Bakke and Duberry when the season started, natural justice dictates we get a helping hand from lady luck to take us up another rung. Rochdale beat the best of the play off sides in Darlington so I hope they make it. Finally spare a thought for the teams and their supporters who missed out in the semis and who will miss out in the final - it is a cruel way to end the season and your teams need you all to lift them next term.