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Jul 2025
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EFL Preview Show: Leagues One and Two

THE TIMES
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It’s nearly back! Leagues One and Two kick off this weekend.

Following two successive relegations Luton are among the favourites in League One alongside the likes of Cardiff, Stockport and Bolton. At the other end could it be a long season for Rotherham, Peterborough or Wimbledon? In League Two Walsall will try to go again while Gillingham and MK Dons have high hopes. Who will be fighting to stay in the football league at the bottom?

Fans across the country will be full of hope and expectation but will their hope prove well founded or misplaced?

Former football league defender Gregor Robertson joins Tom Clarke to assess the runners riders and also rans.  


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