Leicester City
Just a decade on from shocking world football to win the Premier League title, Leicester City dropped into England’s third tier. Successive relegations have taken Leicester into League One for the first time since 2008/09.
The Foxes have Premier League-level facilities, and several names with top-tier experience. That said, The Football League is unforgiving and Leicester must battle fellow fallen giants Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday, alongside ambitious Stockport, for promotion.
LEICESTER ARE RELEGATED!🦊
Ten years after they won the Premier League title for the first time, Leicester City are relegated from the Championship.😬 https://t.co/WGLn8qCw7X
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) April 21, 2026
Wolfsburg
Another former title winner that has fallen on harder times. Wolfsburg were relegated from the Bundesliga last season for the first time in 29 years. Bundesliga champions as recently as 2009, the Germans slipped out of the top tier after losing the relegation play-off to SC Paderborn.
Their current squad includes 6ft 5in Scottish striker Fraser Hornby, who signed from SV Darmstadt in the summer.
Deportivo La Coruna
Depor dropped as low as Spain’s third tier during a drastic decline from their status as Champions League regulars in the early 2000s. They’re now back in the big time after promotion to La Liga last season, and an eye-catching summer transfer window boosts their appeal.
Veteran goal-getter Pierre-Emerick Aubamayeng has started the season on fire, while José María Giménez and Angelino add quality and experience.
Como
Can Como topple Italy’s elite?
Cesc Fabregas’ side have earned plenty of admirers this season, with some scintillating Champions League performances on their tournament debut.
Como are packed with exciting young talent, headlined by Nico Paz, who completed a permanent move from Real Madrid in the summer. The Serie A side have the ambition and foundation to upset the status quo in Italy.
In their first Champions League campaign 🤯
Como are doing something very special 💫
#UCL https://t.co/qYnvY6F6Xg
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 4, 2026
Dagenham and Redbridge
Fancy a long-term challenge? Dagenham and Redbridge might be the perfect pick. Celebrities investing in football clubs is nothing new, but YouTuber KSI’s minority-takeover of the National League South side has piqued plenty of interest.
The Daggers were in League One 15 years ago, but difficulties on and off the pitch saw them slump back into non-league. KSI’s investment, plus the presence of player/minority owner Andy Carroll in attack, adds plenty of intrigue to this save.
Starting to think we may be living in a simulation…🤯👇😅
KSI and Andy Carroll are sat together watching sixth-tier side Dagenham and Redbridge take on Dorking Wanderers, as minority owners of the home side 😳🤝
If you’d have told us a few years ago that a former-England striker and one of the world’s biggest YouTubers would link up to try and bring a non-league side back from the brink, we’d have thought you were crazy 😭
Yet here we are, Carroll, previously of multiple Premier League sides, sitting down to watch the big game alongside KSI of YouTube, boxing and music fame 🍿
— OneFootball (@OneFootball) March 7, 2026
