Barnsley - Swansea

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Barnsley - Swansea

Im hesitant questioning the stat man, but I read only one team in the history of the championship playoffs have lost the first leg at home and gone through.

Find out who wrote what you read and shoot the author!!

There have been 204 playoff matches across 3 divisions since the advent of the playoffs in the late 80s.

54 first leg ties have been won by the away side. Of those 54 ties, the away side won the second leg 18 times.

Of those 18 2nd leg away winners:-

4 home sides won on aggregate
5 home sides lost at home but won on penalties
8 away sides won on aggregate.
1 away side won away and won on penalties

Blackpool in 1996, Forest in 2007 and Cheltenham in 2020 all won 2-0 away in their first legs and lost by 3 goals at home to lose on aggregate.

34 sides won their first leg away from home by 1 goal. 10 of those lost at home in the second leg, 4 were saved by winning on penalties.

Yes, winning away in the first leg gives you a big advantage but 1 in 6 sides winning away lose the tie with that ratio being smaller for sides winning by only one goal.

[William Treseder]

Re: Barnsley - Swansea

You da man Eric 👍

[IanD]

Re: Barnsley - Swansea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJpAMkmN7mw

You have to look twice to be convinced it didnt go in. One heart stopping moment.

[willo1927]

Re: Barnsley - Swansea

A superb miss. Remember it well.

I remember the camera spanning onto Michael Parkinsons face.
It was a picture

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Barnsley - Swansea

I remember the camera spanning onto Michael Parkinsons face.
It was a picture

It was unusual to see him speechless.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Barnsley - Swansea

I remember Swansea fans buying pompey tops when they beat us in the fa Cup and them turning up in Blackpool tops when we lost to them in the play offs

Good for Welsh football ?

Fellow Welsh club ?

I couldn't care less about all that romantic crap , I hope they get stuffed in the replay or lose in the final