" Promotion to Premier League impossible "

New Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson says it will soon be "impossible" for lower-league clubs to reach the Premier League because of parachute payments.


Tuesday 16th Feb 2016


Clubs relegated from the Premier League will receive at least £64m over three years from next season.

Teams who spend only one season in the top tier will be given about £51m.

"Looking at a League One team now, if they don't get into the Premier League within the next five years there'll be absolutely zero chance," said Johnson.

"I think because there's such huge payments as far as the parachute stuff it'll just be impossible.

"It will end up going into [a system of] feeder clubs and there's no way around that because it just can't be sustainable."

Johnson left Barnsley to take charge at Ashton Gate this month, having started his managerial career at Oldham.

Asked by BBC Radio Bristol whether he thought football would change "fundamentally" in the near future, the 34-year-old agreed it would.

"You've only got to look at the likes of Manchester City now that have got City Group, and they've got six or seven clubs all around the world that are very closely linked," he said.

"It's becoming almost like a franchise global market scenario and the big clubs with the big money will just expand.

"It will become very difficult for the likes of an Oldham or Barnsley to get into the Premier League."

Bristol City are currently 21st in the Championship, five points above the relegation zone.

Bournemouth managed it,
I don't think it's impossible all you have to do is ourselves, qpr Fulham all have parachute payments but none of us are going to go up this year

It's all about having a philosophy a way of playing that works like Bournemouth and Southampton and when you have got that any things possible no matter what size the club is.

New Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson says it will soon be "impossible" for lower-league clubs to reach the Premier League because of parachute payments.


Tuesday 16th Feb 2016


Clubs relegated from the Premier League will receive at least £64m over three years from next season.

Teams who spend only one season in the top tier will be given about £51m.

"Looking at a League One team now, if they don't get into the Premier League within the next five years there'll be absolutely zero chance," said Johnson.

"I think because there's such huge payments as far as the parachute stuff it'll just be impossible.

"It will end up going into [a system of] feeder clubs and there's no way around that because it just can't be sustainable."

Johnson left Barnsley to take charge at Ashton Gate this month, having started his managerial career at Oldham.

Asked by BBC Radio Bristol whether he thought football would change "fundamentally" in the near future, the 34-year-old agreed it would.

"You've only got to look at the likes of Manchester City now that have got City Group, and they've got six or seven clubs all around the world that are very closely linked," he said.

"It's becoming almost like a franchise global market scenario and the big clubs with the big money will just expand.

"It will become very difficult for the likes of an Oldham or Barnsley to get into the Premier League."

Bristol City are currently 21st in the Championship, five points above the relegation zone.

tell that to blackpool, burnley, bournemouth etc etc.

the same thing was said 5 years ago, 10 years ago.

It's all about having a philosophy a way of playing that works like Bournemouth and Southampton and when you have got that any things possible no matter what size the club is.

Spot on, Ryan

It's all about having a philosophy a way of playing that works like Bournemouth and Southampton and when you have got that any things possible no matter what size the club is.

Spot on, Ryan

Sven that is a pointless comment.

Bournemouth managed it,
I don't think it's impossible all you have to do is ourselves, qpr Fulham all have parachute payments but none of us are going to go up this year

Getting there is one thing staying quite another.Bournemouth are arguably the smallest club ever to grace the premier league,I just can't see them staying long term,same for the Jacks and the likes of Norwich.

Nothing's impossible, money has never guaranteed success

Only the bigger clubs in the championship and lower may be able to stay in the PL due to crowd size and infrastructure etc, big clubs like
Wolves
Derby
Leeds
Sheff wed
Sheff Utd
Forest
Brum
Villa
Boro
And maybe QPR if they sort their ground out. That's about it though

Like its impossible for anyone out side the top 4 to win the league.

A load of nonsense, a lot of teams come down with parachute payments and struggle.

I was reading the exact same article in 1999.