The bottom of the Championship had a strange look to it this season, with the lower half of the table dominated by teams that were in the Premiership not long ago.
Southampton and Norwich both struggled last season - the former only escaping on the last day with a win that sent Leicester down, so it wasn't a surprise to see them down there again this season. It was also not a surprise to see the likes of Coventry and Crystal Palace struggle. Derby expected to do better but it was always going to be difficult to recover from their record breaking season in the Premiership.
One team that weren't expected to be down there is Charlton Athletic, who finished bottom of the pile. Charlton spent last season on the fringes of the play-off battle, and this year they were expected to do something similar. But they never really got going and after an 18 game winless run left them seven points adrift in January they were doomed, just two years after being relegated from the Premiership.
Charlton Athletic are the Relegation.com Championship team of the season for 2009.
