It's a bit comical that the finals are still being played at Wembley.
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League 2
Thursday 18th June
Colchester 1 - 0 Exeter
Northampton 0 - 2 Cheltenham
Monday 22nd June
Exeter v Colchester (5:15pm)
Cheltenham v Northampton (8pm)
Final Monday 29th June, ko 7:30pm at Wembley
League 1
Friday July 3rd
Portsmouth v Oxford (5:30pm)
Fleetwood v Wycombe (7:30pm)
Monday 6th July
Oxford v Portsmouth (5pm)
Wycombe v Fleetwood (7:30pm)
Final Monday 13th July, ko 7:30pm at Wembley
Championship
Sunday 26th July
6th v 3rd (6:30pm)
Monday 27th July
5th v 4th (7:45pm)
Wednesday 29th July
3rd v 6th (7:45pm)
Thursday 30th July
4th v 5th (7:45pm)
Final Tuesday 4th August, ko 7:45pm at Wembley
It's a bit comical that the finals are still being played at Wembley.
Good win for Cheltenham. Cmon you Robins.
Play offs are good for the game but need a refresh.
Team 6 should play away at 5. One game.
Winners play away to 4.
Winners play 3 at Wembley.
That way there is an advantage to finishing higher than 6th.
Then the lower team has suspensions, injuries and tiredness to deal with. Why do they need to be punished?
The advantage for the team finishing highest is that it plays the lowest (presumably weakest) team. That's enough. Team 3 probably wouldn't be happy about missing out on the gate receipts and TV money either.
I am sure that team 3 would be happy to miss out on two games safe in the knowledge that they are through to a one off game at Wembley. It should be easier the higher you finish, so if team 6 picks up injuries that is the price they pay for finishing lower.