Huddersfield Town will face six new sides in next season's Championship, with five already revealed.

Relegated Premier League trio Norwich City, Fulham and Cardiff City will play in the second tier next term, as will promoted duo Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brentford.

The identity of the sixth side will be discovered on Sunday, when Leyton Orient and Rotherham United face off in the League One play-off final, but we continue our series with relegated Fulham, who will play outside the top flight for the first time since the 2000/2001 season.

The season itself:

A 12th-placed finish in 2012/2013 meant the Cottagers came into the new campaign hoping for more of the same, another year of mid-table obscurity and conforming to their status as being part of the Premier League furniture.

What actually unfolded was presumably beyond the supporters' worst nightmares as the west London outfit contrived to become the fourth worst defence in Premier League history.

85 goals conceded is the second worst in a 38-game season, with only Derby County's humiliating year-long stint in 2007/2008 - when they let in 89 goals - proving more charitable than the Fulham backline.

They released several fringe first-team members during the summer and sought to bring in a host of replacements from abroad, such as Maarten Stekelenburg and Fernando Amorebieta but their transfer policy was brutally exposed, with a number of their foreign acquisitions unable to make the step up.

An opening-day win at fellow strugglers Sunderland hinted at a breath of fresh air at Craven Cottage, especially given away wins have always been considered a rarity in SW6, but it proved to be a false dawn.

Fulham also won at Crystal Palace but a subsequent run of five successive defeats saw Martin Jol deposed in December and in came Rene Meulensteen, but the fellow Dutchman was unable to inspire any sort of upturn in fortunes.

His record read Won: 3, Drawn: 1, Lost 9 and despite the creditable point at Manchester United, he was relieved of his duties in February and a third manager in Felix Magath stepped in.

He, like his predecessors, was left hapless in trying to mastermind a recovery and Fulham went down without a whimper in the end, despite encouragement from back-to-back April wins against Aston Villa and Norwich City.

Lowlights of the relegation campaign:

- The 3-0 thumping at West Ham United at the end of November was enough for owner Shahid Khan to wield the axe on Martin Jol as he became the third managerial casualty of the Premier League season.

- The Cottagers folded at Hull City at the tail end of 2013 and the 6-0 defeat was a sign of what was to come in a wretched campaign.

- For all of Meulensteen's efforts, things started to turn sour when Sunderland left Craven Cottage with all three points, and a 4-1 win to boot, to leave the Dutchman and his side in serious trouble.

- Knowing a win was the minimum requirement from their trip to Stoke City, Fulham were overawed by their opponents, who ran out comfortable 4-1 winners over a side who ultimately deserved to finish in the bottom three.

Top scorer:

Steven Sidwell - The fact the flame-haired midfielder was the club's most prolific players speaks a thousand words and underlines the costliness of getting rid of Dimitar Berbatov and Bryan Ruiz in January, for all of the duo's flaws.

Sidwell was one of few players to emerge from the wreckage of 2013/2014 with any credit but deserved it, netting eight times in total with seven of those coming in the Premier League.

Other key players:

Ashkan Dejagah - The Iranian is one of just three Fulham players - alongside Giorgos Karagounis and Kostas Mitroglou - to make his country's World Cup squad for this summer's tournament and struck six goals last term to finish joint-second scorer.

Scott Parker - Arrived from capital rivals Tottenham Hotspur last summer and he and Sidwell were the standout players in a poor side. Provided grit and determination but was sadly lacking in quality to steer the Cottagers clear of danger.

Pajtim Kasami - The Swiss is the club's current star prodigy and helped his side secure some crucial wins in their eventually doomed fight against the drop. Headed the winner at Sunderland on the opening day, scored one of the goals of the season against Crystal Palace and also scored a decisive goal in a win at Norwich City.

Last meeting with Town:

The Terriers and the Cottagers last faced off on April 14 2001 in what was then the English Division One, but what is now the Championship, with Town losing 2-1.

The win meant Fulham secured their first-ever promotion to the Premier League and left Town sweating over their place in the second tier, a position they would ultimately lose, finishing 22nd, just a point behind Crystal Palace.

Former Town manager Lou Macari saw his side fall behind when Chris Lucketti felled Luis Boa Morte and the Portuguese's strike partner Louis Saha stroked home the penalty.

Town responded through Delroy Facey, who capitalised on a Kit Symons mistake but the Boa Morte had the final say, slipping home a delightful winner past Nico Vaesen.

Did you know?

Fulham's new manager Felix Magath has earned the nicknames "the torturer", "the last dictator in Europe", "hellfighter" and even "Saddam Hussein" amongst others, for his totalitarian demeanour.

Part one of the Huddersfield Town 2013/2014 end-of-season survey: the results - click here to read

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