Every season, the same storyline. As the Championship campaign reaches its climax, two teams on the brink of glory head to Wembley for "The Richest Game in Football".

Triumph in the play-off final and the riches of the Premier League shall be yours. Television money, glamour matches against the best players in the world and unimaginable kudos among your friends will head your way. No longer will you trek across the country to shiver in front of 9,000 fans; Old Trafford is your new sporting arena. Your team has hit the big time and this is everything you ever wanted. Or is it?

Loyal supporters who shelled out to follow their beloved Newcastle United up and down the country last season saw them win a not so grand total of two Premier League games away from home. Back in the Championship this campaign it was not even mid-September by the time a 6-0 demolition of Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road ensured they had bettered that record.

Queens Park Rangers won just seven of the 57 away games they played during their last three seasons in the Premier League. Hull City did not even manage one single victory on their top flight travels in 2010. Perhaps the heralded lands of the self-proclaimed "Greatest League in the World" are not quite as glorious as promised.