Title Challengers

Blackburn need to bounce straight back and Venky’s seem to have kept their word, Wigan are looking to repeat their 2015-16 feat and Shrewsbury need to keep their eye on the ball and not the planned alterations at their stadium 

It seems scarcely believable that Blackburn Rovers will be playing in the third tier, even if most of their supporters will say it has been coming. It has been a painful fall for a former staple of the Premier League and they will be the biggest fish in the League One pond, and begin as title favourites.

That tag is in no small part down to Tony Mowbray. The manager took over a sinking ship in February and gathered 22 points from 15 games, form good enough for a top-half finish over the full season. There is cautious optimism that he will continue to be the steadying influence the club have severely lacked.