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Ratcliffe has not been asked whether the upturn in fortunes is what he thought would happen but finally, he must be getting some pleasure from his £1bn-plus investment in his boyhood club.

For now, it’s about keeping costs low and waiting for a broad-based economic upturn.

There was no real upturn in form following his exit, with the team going on to finish the campaign seven points outside of the relegation spots.

For a program that has spent the best part of a century getting stomped on by the big bullies of the Southeastern Conference, it marks an unlikely upturn in fortunes.

It could benefit from an upturn in the chemicals industry in the coming years.