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...I realise there may not be an advantage without fans present but I always thought the higher placed team would be away in the first leg.
That's the situation in the other semi where Morecambe are away at Tranmere?
What sort of Mickey Mouse outfit books in a pitch relay before the end of the season. Having to give up home advantage in the second leg is a major gaffe and will probably cost them promotion, especially as fans are now back in.
Because they finished above FGR. Which is a change in rules for County.
Indeed. 7 home playoff ties. 1 win, 6 defeats. Funnily enough, our only home win in the playoffs came in the first leg, we lost every 2nd leg at home.
Huddersfield have played 9 home games in the playoffs without winning, drawing 6 and losing 3. Forest and Mansfield have never won a home tie in the playoffs in 4 attempts. Portsmouth have played 4 home ties and drawn all of them.
In terms of winning away games in the playoffs, only 5 sides have won more away ties than us.
Even in that Leicester game we had a nightmare spell where we turned a dominant opening spell and 2-0 aggregate lead into a 3-2 deficit. We only really got going again when we were behind.
West Ham stuffed us at home. We were nervy against Stoke and didn't deserve anything. Northampton were worthy winners. Fulham deserved their win. We were awful against Reading.