The closest League in the world
SEVEN points separate Stoke from fourth-placed Albion in the Championship, with 12 points between the leaders and ninth-placed Burnley.
But Tony Mowbray and co may be thankful, or maybe not, that the race for the Premier League is more open than the somewhat memorably-titled Romanian Divizia C, Seria a VIII-a from 1983-4.
Muresul Deva won the League and promotion to Romania's second tier with 38 points (2 points for a win) but behind was a photo-finish to the bitter end.
After 30 games just THREE points separated second-placed UMT Timisoara (31 points) from Minerul Aninoasa, who finished last in 16th spot.
Between them were NINE teams equal on points - those who finished between seventh and 15th.
The full League table - with details of a closely fought Moroccan League from 1966 - is on http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/even.html
And you thought the Championship was competitive...
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Chris Lepkowski - Mail man Chris Lepkowski’s view of what’s going on at West Bromwich Albion FC.
Bit random - sure in this day and age of three points for a win the outlook of that final table would have been drastically different. Over a course of a season that's a lot of single points lost - just shows how much of an impact Jimmy '3-point' Hill had on the game!
3 points wouldnt have made much diferent to that though surely?