A question in the Guardian asks what is the best goal difference a team has had and not been promoted?
It arises because of Fulham being top of the Championship with a goal difference of +48 at present.
'Brentford finished third in the 2019-20 Championship with a goal difference of +42, they were not promoted.
But in the old Third Division North, where only the winner was promoted to the Second Division, Stockport County finished runners-up in 1929-30 with a goal difference of +62.