Exclusive: Don Goodman thinks Luton and Huddersfield Town feats were better than Birmingham City | OneFootball

Blues are now EFL record holders after a remarkable campaign

Don Goodman believes that Luton Town and Huddersfield Town's respective rises to the Premier League are greater achievements than Birmingham City achieving the EFL's record points haul.

Blues had already won League One at a canter ahead of their EFL Trophy final which ended in disappointment last month, but Chris Davies' side have used such feelings as extra motivation, winning four of the following five games and taking their tally to 108 points with a 2-0 success over Blackpool on Wednesday, surpassing Reading's previous record of 106, which was set in the Championship back in 2006.

It has been an incredible season with records broken aplenty at St Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, with nearest challengers and fellow promotion winners, Wrexham, also failing to reach the standards set by those in royal blue ahead of their return to the second-tier, with plenty of dreams continuously set by owner Tom Wagner regarding the club's long-term future.

Birmingham have stolen plenty of the limelight in the third-tier this season after a record-breaking spending spree, which has led to mixed opinions from the outside regarding their achievements. Whilst Goodman has paid full respect to Davies and a squad which was freshly moulded after last season's chaotic relegation, the former Wolves striker believes there have been other stories in the EFL worthy of more credit.

Don Goodman namedrops Luton Town, Huddersfield Town as Birmingham City's record-breaking feats assessed

The Sky Sports pundit exclusively told Football League World: "It's a brilliant season. 108 points, and you wouldn't back against Birmingham City making it 111 on the final day of the season when they go away to Cambridge United, which is an incredible achievement.

"I pay homage to everybody at Birmingham City. But, I said before a ball was kicked, I expect this team to win the league. I expected this team to break records.

"And I said that because the depth in quality in the league this season has been relatively low," the 58-year-old claimed. "You could argue the same with the Championship particularly as well.

"That has enhanced in the Championship, two teams are probably going to get 100 points and in League One, Birmingham are probably going to get 111," he added.

"Take nothing away from the achievement. But, in answer to your question, I would say that Luton and Huddersfield reaching the Premier League were bigger achievements."

Birmingham City, Luton Town and Huddersfield Town's achievements are all remarkable in their own right

Of course, the supporters of the aforementioned clubs, as well as Reading, given they held the previous record in a higher division, will all make a case as to why their achievements were more special than the other.

Luton's achievement in reaching the Premier League after being a non-league club as the result of previous financial difficulties, has completely transformed the outlook at Kenilworth Road, with the Hatters set to move into a new stadium, like Blues, in the years to come.

Meanwhile, nobody gave David Wagner's Huddersfield side a chance of reaching the top-flight back in 2016/17 in a second-tier which was full of so many huge clubs in the form of Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Leeds United as well as established promotion-chasers such as Brighton, Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.

Bluenoses will no doubt feel their current side won't get the recognition they truly deserve as a result of Knighthead's financial backing compared to the majority of their divisional rivals, which has also seen them pick up more victories this season across all competitions than all the previous three seasons put together, added to the fact that Davies was named League One Manager of the Season at the end of his first season as a 'number one'.