I'm involved a lot at step 5 in non-League Football (North West Counties League, been on the committee of two clubs and worked with the league too). What we see happening a lot at our level is clubs that come down from the levels above, really struggling to get going again. The reason being is you get a club that has just spent a season/season's regularly losing games and picking up poorer players, competing with teams who whilst at a lower level, have been bouncing around the top of their league, winning games and attracting the better players. Confidence of individuals and whole clubs is massive.
That's how I see the immediate future for Everton if we do go down. A club on a downer meeting a load of clubs that have just missed out on promotion to the Premier League or been promoted from League one and we will struggle against all of them. Anyone thinking there will be an immediate bounce back into the top flight is deluded and if we don't get our house in order quickly we could easily slip into the relegation battle to stay out of League 1.
That's how I see the immediate future for Everton if we do go down. A club on a downer meeting a load of clubs that have just missed out on promotion to the Premier League or been promoted from League one and we will struggle against all of them. Anyone thinking there will be an immediate bounce back into the top flight is deluded and if we don't get our house in order quickly we could easily slip into the relegation battle to stay out of League 1.