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Post by saddletramp on Nov 4, 2017 8:35:46 GMT
Since the advent of the PL,only one team has finished runners up in the Championship/Division 1 and not been promoted. Who and why ?
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Post by unification on Nov 4, 2017 8:51:58 GMT
Reading in 1994-95.
The PL was being restructured to have 20 teams in it, reducing it from 22. Four teams went down from the PL and only two went up which was the champions of the second tier and then the playoff winners.
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Post by peterdev on Nov 4, 2017 9:08:34 GMT
I thought Swindon missed out because of financial irregularities although that was mid eighties
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Post by SteMerritt on Nov 4, 2017 15:16:06 GMT
I thought Swindon missed out because of financial irregularities although that was mid eighties Swindon won the playoffs the season they were denied promotion, think they beat Sunderland in the final, who were then promoted in their place.
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Post by bicesterox on Nov 9, 2017 23:03:45 GMT
Reading in 1994-95. The PL was being restructured to have 20 teams in it, reducing it from 22. Four teams went down from the PL and only two went up which was the champions of the second tier and then the playoff winners. I thought the reduction to 20 teams was in the 80s as in our third season in div 1 we only had 40 games instead of 42 as in the previous 2 seasons. That put it down to 21 teams then the following year it went to 20
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Post by SteMerritt on Nov 10, 2017 7:13:38 GMT
Reading in 1994-95. The PL was being restructured to have 20 teams in it, reducing it from 22. Four teams went down from the PL and only two went up which was the champions of the second tier and then the playoff winners. I thought the reduction to 20 teams was in the 80s as in our third season in div 1 we only had 40 games instead of 42 as in the previous 2 seasons. That put it down to 21 teams then the following year it went to 20 That adjustment happened the year we beat Luton 3-2 at their place I'm our last away game of the season to stay up, Charlton played in play offs with 3 teams from div 2. It went back again a few years later however.
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