THE promotion dream is more real this season with fewer stellar clubs in League One, according to Leyton Orient chief executive Matt Porter.

The presence of Leeds Utd and Norwich City strangled competition in the division, he claimed.

Porter told Guardian Series Sport: “I wouldn't have thought it (League One) will be as polarised as it was last year.

“Then you had two or three teams really struggling, and meanwhile the top six, apart from MK Dons, was pretty much known all season.

“It's fair to say the division has lost a couple of its stronger teams in Leeds and Norwich, and that potentially the sides which have come down from the championship aren't as big as them.

“We're aiming to do better than last year” he stated. "What would be a good season? Promotion to the Championships through the play-offs.

“I think it will be a lot more even, and that clubs like ourselves will have a lot more chance of pushing up into the top half of the table and near to the play-offs."