The Football League play-offs are a series of football (soccer) matches to determine a promotion place within the English football league system. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In many Sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions promotion and relegation The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although Essentially, each division of the league offers a certain number of automatic promotion places to the top two or three clubs. A further promotion place is available for one the clubs in the next four positions. To determine this club, a series of play-off matches are held. A playoff or final in Sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion or a similar accolade
In the Championship, the teams finishing third, fourth, fifth and sixth are entered for the Championship play-offs. The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons The Football League Championship play-offs are a series of Playoff matches contested by the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th in the Football League Championship table The team finishing third plays the team that finished sixth, with the first leg being held at the home of the team that finished sixth and the second leg being held at the home of the team that finished third. This is designed to give the team that finished third an advantage. This is the same for the teams that finished fourth and fifth, with the advantage being with the team that finished fourth. The two winning teams then play each other in the final, with the winning team winning promotion to the Premiership. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The final was played at the old Wembley Stadium before 2000, but between 2001 and 2006, it was transferred to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, due to the re-building work at Wembley. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the The Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm is the National stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Now it is back at Wembley Stadium after it was completed in 2007. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England.
The format is the same in League One, but in League Two and the Conference there are differences. Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons is the second-highest division of The Football Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for Sponsorship reasons is the third-highest division of In League Two three teams are automatically promoted, so the teams that finished fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh enter into the play-offs. In the Conference only one team is automatically promoted, so the teams that finished second, third, fourth and fifth are entered into the play-offs. The final of the Conference play-off was usually held at one of the Championship's bigger grounds, such as Stoke City's Britannia Stadium. Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The Britannia Stadium is a Football Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. However, the 2007 Conference final was played at Wembley.
In recent years most leagues in the National League System, well below the professional levels, have adopted the playoff system for promotions of additional teams to the champions, although requirements are stricter depending on the league and only the champions of each level/division may be promoted automatically. The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football
The Play-offs Histories
The play-offs have been a League feature since 1986/87 and the Conference did not adopt them until 2002/03.
Play-offs at the new Wembley
28 May 2007 - Derby County 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
24 May 2008 - Bristol City 0-1 Hull City
27 May 2007 - Blackpool 2-0 Yeovil Town
25 May 2008 - Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Leeds United
26 May 2007 - Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury Town
26 May 2008 - Stockport County 3-2 Rochdale
20 May 2007 - Exeter City 1-2 Morecambe
18 May 2008 - Cambridge United 0-1 Exeter City
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