[Chimer]

Last season, 8 teams (top 7 plus Rotherham) would have survived a 30 point deduction (20 more in Rotherham's case) and 14 would have got away with losing 17 points. But in 05/06, the numbers would have been 3 and 7 respectively, as there was much less of a points spread in the final table - the relegated teams getting 45 and 49 points that year, compared with 40 and 42 last year.

So it looks like Luton, at least, will have to be close to promotion standard to have much of a chance to survive. And that will obviously depend on what sort of money the new owners make available.