Bizarre quirk means 12th-placed football team can win promotion to top-flight in one of weirdest ways of going up

VITESSE could earn promotion back to the Eredivisie for next season… despite sitting 12th with two games to go. The Dutch side are best remembered in England for having had several loan players from Chelsea down the years. Since their relationship with the Blues eroded following Roman Abramovich’s departure, Vitesse have fallen upon hard times….