English Football League teams to achieve consecutive promotions – Ipswich Town hope to join a select group of clubs with the return of the Premier League
Achieving promotion in all four levels of English football is a brilliant achievement, but doing so consecutively is even better.
It's rare to see a team move up a division, but it can happen, with Wrexham the last example.
ipswich town They are just one point away from becoming the second team this year to achieve double promotion.
The Tractor Boys tore up League One and are set to finish second and return to the Premier League after more than 20 years away from the top flight.
But which other English teams have achieved this extraordinary feat?
National League to League One
Wycombe Bums 1992-1994
Low Martin O'Neillthe guide, the Presidents sealed promotion from the Conference by winning the title.
They then beat Carlisle and Preston in the following year's play-offs to earn a place in the old Second Division.
Doncaster Rovers 2002-2004
Doncaster He reached League Two via the Conference play-off final, where he scored a Golden Goal to win it.
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They continued to dominate League Two and were promoted to champions.
Carlisle 2004-2006
Under Paul Simpson, Carlisle recovered from relegation to National League by winning the play-off final against Stevenage.
Simpson stayed and the club won the League Two title before his manager joined Preston.
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Exeter 2007-2009
Exeter They were promoted from the Conference after overturning a 2-1 defeat to Torquay in the first leg of the semi-final before beating Cambridge in the final.
They then finished as runners-up to Brentford in League Two the following year.
Stevenage 2009-2011
Under the direction of Graham Westley, Stevenage became a Football League club for the first time, finishing 11 points clear at the top of the table.
The following year they found themselves in 18th place but made a late resurgence to seal a place in the play-offs and beat Torquay 1-0 in the final.
Crawley 2010-2012
CrawleyThe owner, Bruce Winfield, died of cancer just 19 days earlier. Steve Evans'The team earned its place in the Football League for the first time in its history.
The following season was something of a rollercoaster as Evans left to join Rotherham before sealing a place in League One less than a month later.
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Bristol Rovers 2014-2016
He Gas They gained promotion to League Two the first time they asked for it, when they beat Grimsby Town on penalties in the play-off final.
They then jumped to League One on the final day of the following season thanks to a 92nd minute win over Dagenham & Redbridge.
Wrexham 2022-2024
The Welsh part, under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenneyThey have given their followers two dream seasons.
An incredible title run with Notts County ended with Wrexham taking the National League title, which they followed up with an automatic promotion place in League Two.
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League Two to the Championship
Bury 1995-1997
Under Stan Ternet, Bury finished third in the old Division Three to earn a place in Division Two.
They then walked to the title the following year to reach Division One for the first time in 30 years.
Brighton 2000-2002
Before Brighton They were a solid Premier League team, spending a lot of time in the leagues and gaining promotion to League One in 2001.
Peter Taylor then ensured it was back-to-back promotions by helping the Seagulls win the League Two title.
Rotherham1999-2001 and 2012-2014
The Millers are the only team on this list to achieve consecutive promotions on two occasions.
The first occurred in the late 1990s and in the 2000s as Rotherham They finished second in League Two and League One to earn a place in the Championship.
The second half was masterminded by Evans, who led them to another second place finish. They then beat Leyton Orient on penalties in the League One play-off final the following year.
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Peterborough 2007-2009
As expected, Darren Ferguson He's the hero here, having led Posh to back-to-back promotions.
However, the championship proved to be a step too far for Ferguson, and he was fired with Peterborough bottom of the second level.
Burton Albion 2014-2016
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink He replaced Gary Rowett and guided the Brewers to the League Two title.
Hasselbaink left and Nigel Clough returned for a second spell and led the club to the Championship for the first time in its history.
League One to Premier League
Watford 1997-1999
WatfordEdit Legend Graham Taylor returned to help them when they found themselves in League One and led them to the Second Division title.
This was followed by a play-off final victory over Bolton to return them to the top flight.
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Manchester City 1998-2000
Before all the money, city of manchester They endured difficult times and needed Joe Royle to lead them to League One promotion.
Royle stayed and sealed a Premier League place for City the following year.
Southampton 2010-2012
Nigel Adkins arrived from Scunthorpe and took second place in League One in his first year to win the Saints in the Championship.
They then finished as runners-up to Reading the following year to return to the Premier League, although Adkins was soon replaced by Mauricio Pochettino once in the Premier League.
Norwich 2009-2011
Paul Lambert He arrived at Carrow Road with Norwich in the third division after a chaotic year in the Championship, but just nine months after his appointment, the Canary Islands were promoted.
The Scot followed up with another promotion to get Norwich back into the Premier League.
