Championship Playoffs

[Deacon]

Wow wat a win

 

[BunniesMan]

QPR winning makes me sad. A club like Derby deserves it so much more.

 

[pennywisealfie]

That was a great finish and all.....

But why do they win a trophy for finishing 3rd?

 

[Mong]

They don't.

Giving a trophy for winning the playoffs in the final gives it a real Wembley type final feeling.

 

[saint.nick]

Yea, but I've always found it amusing that 3rd place in the championship gets a trophy and first doesn't...or do they?

 

[Haffa]

of course first place get a trophy.

 

[saint.nick]

hallelujah

 

[pennywisealfie]

But poor ol' 2nd place doesn't.

The good ol saying, there are no prizes for 2nd.......but there are for 3rd!

 

[Big Sam]

But poor ol' 2nd place doesn't.

They get a banner :lol:

 

[Mong]

And they don't have to go through the play offs.. Promotion via a play off final win is sweet.

Losing would be really shite though and I'd imagine difficult to get going the following season

 

[Big Sam]

Losing would be really shite though and I'd imagine difficult to get going the following season

Use google Mong ;-)

1991-1992 Blackburn winners Leicester losers ? Leicester then finish 6th and lose the POF.
1992-1993 Swindon winners Leicester losers ? Leicester then finish 4th and get promoted.
1993-1994 Leicester winners Derby losers ? Derby finished 9th the following season.
1994-1995 Bolton winners Reading losers ? the next year Reading finished in 19th.
1995-1996 Leicester winners Crystal Palace losers ? Palace then finish 6th and went up.
1996-1997 Crystal Palace winners Sheff United losers ? Sheff Utd then finish 6th and lose SF.
1997-1998 Charlton winners Sunderland losers ? Sunderland finish next year as Champions.
1998-1999 Watford winners Bolton losers ? Bolton finish 6th and lose the SF the next year.
1999-2000 Ipswich winners Barnsley losers ? Barnsley finish 16th the following season.
2000-2001 Bolton winners Preston losers ? Preston finish 8th in the following season.
2001-2002 Birmingham winners Norwich losers ? Norwich finish 8th in the following season.
2002-2003 Wolves winners Sheff United losers ? Sheff Utd finish 8th in the following season.
2003-2004 Crystal Palace winners West Ham losers ? West Ham finish 6th & win the POF.
2004-2005 West Ham winners Preston losers ? Preston finish 4th and lose in the SF.
2005-2006 Watford winners Leeds losers ? Leeds finish bottom the following season.
2006-2007 Derby winners West Brom losers ? West Brom win the league the next year.
2007-2008 Hull winners Bristol City losers ? Bristol City finish 10th in the following season.
2008-2009 Burnley winners Sheff United losers ? Sheff Utd finish 8th in the following season.
2009-2010 Blackpool winners Cardiff losers ? Cardiff finish 4th and lose in the Semi-Finals.
2010-2011 Swansea winners Reading losers ? Reading finish as Champions the next year.
2011-2012 West Ham winners Blackpool losers ? Blackpool finish 17th the next season.
2012-2013 Crystal Palace winners Watford losers ? Watford response unknown?

http://www.ftbpro.com/posts/stephen...have-fared-a-history-of-play-off-final-losers

 

[Mong]

Nah, no need when you're around!!

 

[pennywisealfie]

The winners get to sing Campione! (or in England where for some weird reason they sing "Champyonees") what does 2nd place get to sing? The only way is up by Yazz?

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

QPR should have won the damn title with their wage bill!
Makes me sick.

I'd actually pick Derby to go up next year with 2 bouncing right back up.

Still, Huddersfield Town has finished highest for a long time, heres hoping we can make the play-offs next year

 

[ggmu]

Aren't QPR facing a transfer ban and a £50 mil fine? If that sticks no chance if staying up as most of their players r on loan or r on massive wages that the will need to offload. Should have just let Derby go up lol.

 

[ggmu]

QPR should have won the damn title with their wage bill!
Makes me sick.

I'd actually pick Derby to go up next year with 2 bouncing right back up.

Still, Huddersfield Town has finished highest for a long time, heres hoping we can make the play-offs next year

Tell me bout it lol as I stayed earlier in the tread when I went to see them earlier in the year at loftus road it was a team full of premier league players. As the owner I would have been angrqt at Arry for not fininshing on top of the league.

 

[Mong]

With promotion being the ultimate end goal, I'm sure any disappointment is long gone..

The last time my team was promoted they should have easily taken a promotion spot, a run of draws mixed in with losses saw them disappointingly come third.

Winning the play offs and lifting a nice big trophy at Wembley took care of all disappointment, the interview one of the owners gave on the field afterwards was a great indication of that.

 

[Mong]

Aren't QPR facing a transfer ban and a £50 mil fine? If that sticks no chance if staying up as most of their players r on loan or r on massive wages that the will need to offload. Should have just let Derby go up lol.

Hopefully Sam brings Ravel back from QPR.

 

[ggmu]

Hopefully Sam brings Ravel back from QPR.

He has all the talent in the world that kid. Just a shame his attitude doesn't match.

 

[Mong]

Agreed. If he keeps his shite together he could be anything.