Here's the research I did for my Happy League picks. It's the teams that finished 22nd or lower in Division Three/League Two and survived relegation, going back the past 30 years.
2022/23 Crawley Town (46)
2021/22 Barrow (44)
2020/21 Scunthorpe United (48)
2019/20 Morecambe (Covid)
2018/19 Macclesfield Town (44)
2017/18 Morecambe (46)
2016/17 Newport County (48)
2015/16 Newport County (43)
2014/15 Hartlepool United (45)
2013/14 Wycombe Wanderers (50)
2012/13 Dagenham & Redbridge (51)
2011/12 Barnet (46)
2010/11 Barnet (48)
2009/10 Cheltenham Town (48)
2008/09 Grimsby Town (41)
2007/08 Chester City (47)
2006/07 Macclesfield Town (48)
2005/06 Stockport County (52)
2004/05 Rushden & Diamonds (44)
2003/04 Scunthorpe United (49)
2002/03 Carlisle United (49)
2001/02 Bristol Rovers (23rd, 45), Lincoln City 22nd, 46)
2000/01 Halifax Town (23rd, 47), Carlisle United (22nd, 48)
1999/00 Carlisle United (23rd, 39), Shrewsbury Town (22nd, 40)
1998/99 Carlisle United (23rd, 49), Hartlepool United (22nd, 51)
1997/98 Brighton & Hove Albion (23rd, 35), Hull City (22nd, 41)
1996/97 Brighton & Hove Albion (23rd, 47), Exeter City (22nd, 48)
1995/96 Torquay (24th, 29 reprieved), Scarborough (23rd, 40), Cardiff City (22nd, 45)
1994/95 Exeter City (34 reprieved)
1993/94 Northampton Town (38 reprieved) |  |
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