Aston Villa - enough said
Essendon Bombers (AFL) - thanks to an ongoing drug supplement saga, around half of their 1st team squad are suspended for the entire, upcoming season all but securing them bottom place. No relegation thankfully, as there are only 18 professional clubs!
I never thought I'd ever see this here. I'm a Don too and have followed the Bombers since 1983 (became Villa in 1986) and am extremely fortunate to have seen us win 3 premierships in the flesh out of 4 in my lifetime.
However if any Villa fans think it's bad being a Villa fan at present (and the past three seasons) I'd say it's been even worse following Essendon. The drug scandal (not a single test result came out positive) in which even WADA (the guys who busted Lance Armstrong) got involved has rocked us to the core. We've been shat on and pilloried by national media, but most of all local fans still give us fans endless shit as 'cheats' ourselves. If and an English club were in a similar situation, I'd say they would've plummeted to mid to lower League 1 with a massive fanbase, so in the AFL system, sans relegation I think we're lucky. I've signed up as a member again.
As a side note, I was surprised when I first discovered that Essendon has been in existence 3 years longer than our beloved and historically magestic Aston Villa. Two grand old sporting institutions, reaching a twinned historical nadir.
I also have a soft spot for Rochdale, used to watch them a bit and Saint Etienne. Both doing reasonably. Melbourne Victory.