Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
6 / 19 teams that finished in third were promoted, that's 32%.

What would you expect it to be?
3 of them finished in 4th, but that's not particularly important.

44% of teams that finished in 3rd overall (or the highest position) have won the playoffs to the top flight. Again, I appreciate the small sample, but there it helps the suggestion that teams that miss out tend not to do quite as well.