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PLAY.OFFS: 30 YEARS OF JOY AND PAIN

JOHN LYONS llooks at the pros and cons of the post-season competition – and suggests an idea from the past to spice them up…

JOHN LYONS
ENGLISH football underwent one of its biggest ever changes 30 years ago – the introduction of the play-offs.
Whether you love them or hate them, it’s hard to deny they haven’t added something extra to our game.
Before their introduction, you often had a lot of dead rubbers towards the end of a season.
A bunch of clubs in and around the middle of the table would be too far away from the top teams to challenge for promotion and ...

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