Huddersfield Town will face six new sides in next season's Championship, with the 2015/16 campaign set to be as competitive as ever.
Relegated Premier League trio Hull City, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers will play in the second tier next term, as will promoted third-tier sides Bristol City, MK Dons and Preston North End.
And in the latest edition of our mini series, we take a look at the relegated Clarets, who return to the Championship after just a one-year stay in the top flight.
The season itself:
The Lancastrians finished second bottom in the Premier League, just 12 months after securing a surprise promotion from the same division as Town and, ultimately, a lack of goals cost Sean Dyche's side.
Their tally of 28 was the lowest in the division - three less than Aston Villa and Sunderland in 17th and 16th respectively - and was a byproduct of the club's failure to invest in the playing squad sufficiently last summer.
Dyche's charges will take draws at both Chelsea and Manchester City and a famous 1-0 home win over the dethroned champions with them as positive memories from the campaign, but there was precious little to cheer about.
They at least did not suffer the ignominy of finishing bottom as a final-day win over Aston Villa secured 19th place above QPR and will have benefited from the experience of facing world class players on a weekly basis.
Lowlights of the relegation campaign:
- A 4-0 defeat at West Brom early on in the season which exposed the limitations of Dyche's side in the Premier League, as the Clarets tumbled to the bottom of the table.
- Losing 2-0 at QPR at the start of December was a huge blow in their survival hopes with a first defeat in 10 to the west London outfit, as the R's moved above them and out of the drop zone thanks to goals from Leroy Fer and Charlie Austin.
- Perhaps the biggest hammer blow to their chances of survival was losing a two-goal lead at home to Crystal Palace as they slipped to an untimely 3-2 defeat at Turf Moor following a run of three games without defeat.
- A 1-0 home defeat to Leicester City strengthened the Foxes' bid to escape the drop zone and gave Burnley a mountain to climb as they sat bottom on 26 points and five away from their visitors with just 12 left to play for.
Top scorer:
Danny Ings - The 22-year-old was the star performer in the Clarets side last season and scored more than double the tally of anyone else, illustrating the problems they faced in front of goal.
Ings is now one of the most coveted free agents on the market having plundered 11 goals in his maiden Premier League year and he is widely expected to move to Liverpool, with compensation due because of his age at a tribunal.
The Reds are believed to have seen off the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Real Sociedad for his signature.
Other key players:
Tom Heaton - His recent call-up to the England squad was well merited in a season where he kept a commendable 10 clean sheets to finish amongst the division's top goalkeepers and only five clubs in the bottom half conceded more goals.
Kieran Trippier - The full-back who is attracting interest from a host of Premier League sides, including Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Spurs, supplied more crosses last season than any other player in Europe's top five leagues but is also very solid defensively.
Scott Arfield - A familiar face to Town fans having spent three years at the club between 2010 and 2013 and helped the club into the Championship. Has been something of an unsung hero at Turf Moor too and netted a wonderful goal last season against QPR.
Last meeting with Town:
Town and the Clarets last faced off just 18 months ago on New Year's Day in 2014 as Ings (2) and Trippier both found the net in a win which saw Burnley climb above Derby County into the Championship's top two.
Ings opened the scoring by latching onto a hopeful pass from David Jones to convert past Alex Smithies, but Martin Paterson - who had turned down the chance to stay in Lancashire the previous summer - equalised from an Oliver Norwood set piece.
Trippier teed up Ings to re-establish the hosts' lead just before half-time before the right-back got in on the act himself by rounding Smithies and firing in off the underside of the bar.
Paterson threatened to set up a grandstand finale when he turned home a Paul Dixon cross but it was too little too late.
Did you know?
Burnley had not beaten Manchester City in their previous 13 league and cup games before last season, with their previous victory comingway back in October 1974.
