New Year's Eve is overrated, much better to spend the night poring over league tables and fixtures while working out the various permutations that get your team to where you want them.
In the Championship is it time to take Hull City seriously and what have Watford been drinking lately?
Big dogs Huddersfield are coming to life in League One while in League Two there are surprise names at both ends of the table.
Here are five things to keep an eye on as we head into 2026.
Tigers finding their claws

We need to talk about Hull City.