Have West Brom's, Hull's and Stoke's Promotion Parties Come To a Premature End?

Europe conquerors Manchester United, passing genius's Arsenal and always surprising Everton and Aston Villa are just a few of the names that the new boys for the 2008—2009 season will be pitted against.

West Brom, Stoke City and newly promoted Hull City are the so called "newbies" to England's top flight. After mixed seasons for all three, with so many plus points throughout the ten month ordeal of the Championship, all three clubs have ended up where they wanted to be—starting the 08/09 season trying their luck against the worlds finest players.

But after all the hard work of promotion, can they maintain themselves in the English Premier League? The answer—most probably not!

West Brom are a tad more established amongst the big boys, playing in the top league between 2004 and 2006, before they were bitterly relegated after an amazing escape the season before.

Stoke and Hull, however, are less likely to know how to survive in the Premier League due to lack of appearances, having to go back a couple of decades since Stoke's last emergence and well, Hull have never been there before.

The gap between the top flight and the second division in English football is becoming increasingly bigger, and with time, sides will struggle to close the perforation between the Premier League and the Championship, leading to a  complete isolation of the top flight.

Money, ownership, players, experience, and stamina are only a few things that the three clubs will have to build their foundation on if they want to thrive in the Premier League.

Also, they will have to improve on their latest results against top flight teams. Newcastle, Chelsea, and Portsmouth have all been opponents for at least one of the promoted sides in the 2007/08 season, with the Premier League teams running out overall winners on each occasion.

West Brom may have a shadow of a chance, as they have experience of previous players, but will have to spend big and look for ownership if they hope to avoid the drop to the Championship once again.

As for Hull and Stoke, there is an infinitive amount of needs and requirements that they just don't have to survive in the Premier League.

It will be an adventure for fans, as there are already many stories that they can tell in years to come. But fans will have to prepare themselves for a different sort of season as they may be conceding more goals than they will be scoring, and their games being scheduled first on match of the day for all the wrong reasons.

So, as for the upcoming season, the newly promoted sides will have to fight extra hard and will have to take each day as a cup final, if they want to even take a glimpse at maintaining their status in the top division for another season.