Will Charlton avoid 'second season syndrome'?

[BBC] [Getty Images] I was absolutely delighted that we achieved our aim of surviving our first season back in the Championship since being relegated to League One in 2019-20. Now we go again and I will not pretend otherwise, I am nervous. Across the past 10 seasons, 14 of the 33 clubs promoted from League One have been relegated back to the third tier either immediately or within two Championship campaigns. That means more than one in three have gone back down within two years, which is the warning for every club making the step up - promotion is one challenge, consolidation is another. The split is exactly even between those who went straight back down and those who suffered "second season syndrome". Wigan and Rotherham have each gone up three times in the past 10 years, while Charlton and Bolton have done it twice - a reminder that for some clubs, the challenge is not just getting promoted, but staying up and building on it. When you look at the clubs that have come up from League One, a pattern begins to emerge. The bigger clubs have generally been better placed to stabilise, while medium sized clubs like Charlton have had to be far more careful. Smaller clubs, by contrast, often need everything to go right simply to stay standing. My hope is that we can build on last season, push towards 60 points or more and keep Nathan Jones' upward trajectory going. Time will tell.