Every football supporter, save perhaps those whose allegiances lie with perennial achievers such as Liverpool, has peered at least once into the yawning chasm of relegation. At the beginning of May each year, nails are bitten and hair is pulled out across the land as clubs either topple into the division below or are saved by last-gasp winners or equalisers. Some clubs, most agonizingly of all, have their fates decided by events taking place elsewhere...