| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm 18:48 - May 27 with 4960 views | BLUEBEAT |
Would you prefer a promotion/relegation playoff between 2 leagues rather than the structure we currently use?
Seems more exciting and worthwhile to me.
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:50 - May 27 with 3338 views | MK1 |
I would scrap the play-offs now. Leeds and Norwich will never get out of the Championship. (other than down, down, deeper and down) |  |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:52 - May 27 with 3325 views | bazza |
Can be Quite a gulf between premier league sides and championship Sides.. and it gives hope To a 6th place finish..which keeps The league competitive to the end.. [Post edited 27 May 2024 19:37]
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:53 - May 27 with 3307 views | gainsboroughblue |
We used to do it here. Well, it was more a combination of that and what we have with the fourth bottom team in the league above instead of the 6th place club below.
They knocked it on the head after Chelsea got relegated amid a riot at Stamford Bridge. That may not have been the only reason but I'm yet to hear another. |  |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:54 - May 27 with 3285 views | GeoffSentence |
Not for me.
The original play-offs were just that, with a prem team involved, but the point was to reduce numbers in the premier league in a reasonably fair manner.
If you added a premier league team into the mix now it would mean reducing the number of championship teams in it, which would make the championship leass interesting.
The EPL would probably love the idea though, as it would reduce the chances of being relegated. |  |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:55 - May 27 with 3280 views | bournemouthblue |
Personally I'm not a fan of giving a club who has failed all season a second bite of the cherry
They have introduced this ridiculous scenario in the East Anglian Premier League for Cricket in recent seasons I believe
So basically only one side is relegated and the bottom team gets a chance to contest the playoffs to stay up, making it a bit of a closed shop if they do stay up
Morally is wrong imho
Just to add a bit of context to that, three regional leagues feed into the EAPL so you firstly have to win your feeder league be it Cambridgeshire, The Two Counties (Suffolk and North Essex essentially) and Norfolk
You then go into a playoffs with the relegated side and one of the winners of Norfolk, Suffolk or Cambridgeshire in a semi you have to win and then you have to win a final too
The three times winners of the Norfolk league finally went up last year, defeating consecutive two counties winners Halstead in the final
Halstead will no doubt win the Two Counties this year and have the lottery of the playoffs again [Post edited 27 May 2024 19:00]
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 19:00 - May 27 with 3214 views | BLUEBEAT |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:55 - May 27 by bournemouthblue |
Personally I'm not a fan of giving a club who has failed all season a second bite of the cherry
They have introduced this ridiculous scenario in the East Anglian Premier League for Cricket in recent seasons I believe
So basically only one side is relegated and the bottom team gets a chance to contest the playoffs to stay up, making it a bit of a closed shop if they do stay up
Morally is wrong imho
Just to add a bit of context to that, three regional leagues feed into the EAPL so you firstly have to win your feeder league be it Cambridgeshire, The Two Counties (Suffolk and North Essex essentially) and Norfolk
You then go into a playoffs with the relegated side and one of the winners of Norfolk, Suffolk or Cambridgeshire in a semi you have to win and then you have to win a final too
The three times winners of the Norfolk league finally went up last year, defeating consecutive two counties winners Halstead in the final
Halstead will no doubt win the Two Counties this year and have the lottery of the playoffs again [Post edited 27 May 2024 19:00]
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I get that but the scenario of finishing 3rd and losing out to a team who finished 6th on substantially less points is morally wrong too? | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 19:50 - May 27 with 3040 views | bazza |
Could this be a Peterborough vs Wednesday.. | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:05 - May 27 with 2960 views | Westover |
Fortuna are very poor tonight losing 0-1 so it's getting interesting now. |  | | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:08 - May 27 with 2938 views | statto72 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 18:53 - May 27 by gainsboroughblue |
We used to do it here. Well, it was more a combination of that and what we have with the fourth bottom team in the league above instead of the 6th place club below.
They knocked it on the head after Chelsea got relegated amid a riot at Stamford Bridge. That may not have been the only reason but I'm yet to hear another. |
Chelsea relegated through this system in 1988 but ran for another season (two legged play off final) before the present system was introduced in 1990. |  | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:56 - May 27 with 2795 views | bazza |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:05 - May 27 by Westover |
Fortuna are very poor tonight losing 0-1 so it's getting interesting now. |
Nail biter now 0-2 | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:58 - May 27 with 2765 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:08 - May 27 by statto72 |
Chelsea relegated through this system in 1988 but ran for another season (two legged play off final) before the present system was introduced in 1990. |
Actually, I think you're right. Was that the year, Sunderland (Eric Gates n all) relegated Newcastle? | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:59 - May 27 with 2763 views | Westover |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:56 - May 27 by bazza |
Nail biter now 0-2 |
Pen oh dear. | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:59 - May 27 with 2759 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:56 - May 27 by bazza |
Nail biter now 0-2 |
And a penalty.
Gulp. | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:59 - May 27 with 2755 views | TresBonne |
Don't think it would really work here unless you actually did bottom vs 7th, but that would be unfair.
17th in the Prem would always be stronger than 7th in the Champ - unless you would want to do 17th vs 3rd, 18th vs 4th, 19th vs 5th and 20 vs 6th. That would be interesting! |  | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:00 - May 27 with 2743 views | Westover |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:59 - May 27 by Westover |
Pen oh dear. |
3-3 | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:00 - May 27 with 2737 views | bazza |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:59 - May 27 by Westover |
Pen oh dear. |
What a disaster it’s been. They have looked terrible. | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:03 - May 27 with 2698 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:00 - May 27 by bazza |
What a disaster it’s been. They have looked terrible. |
Look like conceding every time Bochum come forward.
And they just tried a Davis/Chappers special | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:04 - May 27 with 2683 views | bazza |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:03 - May 27 by gainsboroughblue |
Look like conceding every time Bochum come forward.
And they just tried a Davis/Chappers special |
Goalie made a hladky special.. | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:05 - May 27 with 2674 views | Westover |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:00 - May 27 by bazza |
What a disaster it’s been. They have looked terrible. |
Nearly 4 good save I can't believe how bad Fortuna have been against a team with a very poor away record and a bad defence. | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:14 - May 27 with 2594 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 20:58 - May 27 by gainsboroughblue |
Actually, I think you're right. Was that the year, Sunderland (Eric Gates n all) relegated Newcastle? |
We lost out to Charlton in 86/87 in the old system when Charlton were in division above us.
I went to the home and away games against Charlton. I just had to google it for the exact year and until then I had forgotten what a crazy system it was back then.
Explained here, I had totally forgotten about the way it all panned out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_fina |  |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:20 - May 27 with 2529 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:14 - May 27 by Lord_Lucan |
We lost out to Charlton in 86/87 in the old system when Charlton were in division above us.
I went to the home and away games against Charlton. I just had to google it for the exact year and until then I had forgotten what a crazy system it was back then.
Explained here, I had totally forgotten about the way it all panned out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_fina |
Home game was on the Thursday night if I recall. I was behind the goal when Cooper saved the pen.
Oldham v Leeds in the other semi. The maddest thing about it was, despite it being 2 legged, they decided to have a replay after the final between Charlton and Leeds was level, at St Andrews in front of about 15,000 people. | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:31 - May 27 with 2447 views | carlisleaway |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:20 - May 27 by gainsboroughblue |
Home game was on the Thursday night if I recall. I was behind the goal when Cooper saved the pen.
Oldham v Leeds in the other semi. The maddest thing about it was, despite it being 2 legged, they decided to have a replay after the final between Charlton and Leeds was level, at St Andrews in front of about 15,000 people. |
Come on Fortuna |  | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:47 - May 27 with 2342 views | bazza |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:31 - May 27 by carlisleaway |
Come on Fortuna |
Gotta hope They can take this to pens, because they don’t look like scoring at all. | | | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:48 - May 27 with 2323 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:47 - May 27 by bazza |
Gotta hope They can take this to pens, because they don’t look like scoring at all. |
Doesn't bode well for spot kicks then! | |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 22:04 - May 27 with 2168 views | Kievthegreat |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf KO 7.30pm on 21:47 - May 27 by bazza |
Gotta hope They can take this to pens, because they don’t look like scoring at all. |
Can't believe they didn't score from that corner! Come on Fortuna! |  | | |
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