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 Hull after they suffered relegation on the final day of the regular league season.

The season itself:

It was a case of second-season syndrome at the KC Stadium for Steve Bruce and his Hull City side, with a lack of firepower proving their undoing despite splashing the cash last summer in a bid to push on in 2014/15.

The close season saw Bruce bring in Abel Hernandez for a club-record fee, reputedly around £10m, Jake Livermore, Robert Snodgrass, Andy Robertson and Michael Dawson, as well as season-long loan deals for Gaston Ramirez and Hatem Ben Arfa.

But of that septet, only Robertson was able to make a meaningful impact in a season where they won successive matches just twice all season - and eight in total - against a backdrop of an initial failed attempt to change the club's name by owner Assem Allam before a reapplication was granted.

Only three teams - including relegated Burnley - netted less times last season than Hull (33) and the Lancastrians and Sunderland were the sides to win fewer games (seven) than the Tigers' own paltry total of eight.

Boosted by the January arrival of Dame N'Doye, a late flourish with back-to-back wins over Crystal Palace and Liverpool in April suggested they might climb out of danger, but they then went on to lose their next three in succession before seeing Newcastle United pip them to the post on the last day.

Lowlights of the relegation campaign:

  • Difficult to argue this was the game that got Bruce's side relegated given how early in the campaign it arrived, but the 2-2 draw with Newcastle United in September saw them throw away two points and - in the grand scheme of things - lose ground on their eventual relegation rivals as Papiss Cisse's brace cancelled out Nikica Jelavic and Mohamed Diame's earlier efforts.

  • Another defeat to Newcastle was perhaps the writing on the wall for Hull as they lost by the joint-highest margin of their season and it proved to be their heaviest home defeat of the campaign as Remy Cabella, Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran did the damage.

  • Hull were very often on the wrong end of narrow scorelines, so the biggest disappointments arguably arrived against their relegation rivals and none more so than when they suffered a 1-0 home reverse to Burnley, who were relegated despite their win, after a Danny Ings strike.

  • The final-day 0-0 draw with Manchester United was a valiant effort from Hull, who knew nothing less than three points would do in their predicament, but ultimately it wasn't enough, with Newcastle's win over West Ham United the final nail in their Premier League coffin.

Top scorer:

Nikica Jelavic - The Croat started the season in impressive fashion, racking up four goals from his opening seven matches and of those four, three helped secure points for the Tigers.

A winter lull then saw him go seven without finding the net but his next four goals coincided with four wins for his side, even though a long-standing knee injury meant his contribution was intermittent at best.

Having undergone surgery in March, the 29-year-old was unable to hit the goal trail once more when he returned to the squad in May and ended up with an overall season's tally of eight as a result having failed to net in his last four games.

Jelavic's eight goals weren't enough to keep Hull in the Premier League.

Other key players:

Curtis Davies - The captain was the standout player for his side in a wretched season as he at least helped stem the tide from opposing sides by helping the Tigers keep 10 clean sheets, with only Everton (50) conceding less than Hull's effort of 51.

Andy Robertson - Appears to be one of the most saleable assets for Bruce this summer, with recent rumours suggesting the Tigers have stunned top-flight sides by placing a £30m price tag on his head amid interest following an outstanding debut season full of pace and purpose on the left flank.

Ahmed Elmohamady - Bruce looked to sprinkle some stardust on his midfield and attack with his summer purchases, but it proved to be a member of the old guard who proved most efficient for Hull in that regard, with the Egyptian providing more assists (five) than any other player and - added to his two goals - it meant his contribution to seven goals was bettered only by Jelavic (eight goals and one assist).

Last meeting with Town:

Town and the Tigers last faced off in the Capital One Cup third round in September 2013 during the Tigers' maiden first year back in the top flight as a second-half Nick Proschwitz winner sent the Terriers tumbling out.

Proschwitz pounced on a George Boyd cross to net the opener and missed an opportunity to double the advantage when he failed to capitalise on Alex Smithies' misplaced pass.

Matt Fryatt also hit the woodwork as Town's best chance fell to Oscar Gobern, who headed over the crossbar in a fairly low-key affair.

The last league meeting between the two sides was earlier that year, when Hull came out on top by the same scoreline at the John Smith's Stadium thanks to a Boyd goal just after the interval.

Oscar Gobern went closest for Town as they lost to Hull for the fourth time in succession.

Did you know?

Hull's bid to stay up was doomed as soon as they entered May in relegation trouble, because the Humberside outfit have never won a Premier League match in the month, drawing four and losing nine.