#1 Ipswich Town 2000-2001
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For over three seasons, Ipswich Town they crashed out in the playoffs in as many years, and entering the 99-00 season, nobody gave them a chance. However, the club somehow reached the final, where they went on to beat Barnsley in an exciting affair, and qualified for the Premier League for the first time.
Unlike most sides who reach the Premier League, the club was comparatively more conservative in their spending and instead allowed youth players to rise up from the academy.
They started the season badly, as many had predicted, with the club winning just one out of their first five games, till they beat Leeds United. That was the moment that changed the course of the season for the Tractor Boys and they went fifteen games without a loss, spending a lot of the season after that in the top half of the table.
As the season went on, Ipswich Town surprised fans and critics alike, as their manner of play became more deadly and aggressive after each match, and by November, Ipswich Town was sitting third on the table.
The Blues eventually finished the season third, despite a few stumbles along the way and were 14 points behind champions Manchester United and manager George Burnley won the Manager of the year award. In the history of the Premiership, no newly promoted team has ever been as successful as that Ipswich side, during their incredible season.
