SaintRam Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43956998 Just saw this article about the upcoming Coupe de France final between PSG and Les Herbiers, who are battling relegation from the third division. Pretty incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Derby v Forest worth a mention. Finished 22 points behind their rivals and the top 6. Have I mentioned that they lost the same amount of games as Sunderland this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Suppose Brechin v the rest of the league is worth throwing in as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 minute ago, David said: Derby v Forest worth a mention. Finished 22 points behind their rivals and the top 6. Have I mentioned that they lost the same amount of games as Sunderland this season? Blah blah European Micky mouse cups blah blah dinosaurs roamed the earth blah blah..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 24 minutes ago, David said: Suppose Brechin v the rest of the league is worth throwing in as well I don't understand what the dotted line either side of Dumbarton signifies. I know they have relegation playoffs in Scotland but surely you need more than one team for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Just now, SaintRam said: I don't understand what the dotted line either side of Dumbarton signifies. I know they have relegation playoffs in Scotland but surely you need more than one team for that? The champions are directly promoted to the Scottish Premiership, swapping places with the bottom club of the Premiership. The clubs finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th then enter the two-legged Premiership play-off. The 3rd-placed club plays the 4th-placed club, with the winner then playing the 2nd-placed club. The winner of that tie then plays against the 11th-placed Premiership club. If the Championship play-off winner prevails, the club is promoted, with the Premiership club being relegated, otherwise the Premiership club can retain its position in Premiership with the promotion failure of the Championship club. The Championship play-off system is consistent to its Premiership counterpart, in which the bottom club of Championship is automatically relegated and the 9th-placed club undergoes a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed clubs from League One.[4] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Championship#Promotion_and_relegation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Oh I see, I didn't realise they played against the other leagues. That's an interesting way of doing it. When I heard play-off I figured the teams who finished near the bottom play and the overall loser goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 29 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Oh I see, I didn't realise they played against the other leagues. That's an interesting way of doing it. When I heard play-off I figured the teams who finished near the bottom play and the overall loser goes down. that's the way the old top flight (pre-PL) did it briefly at the back end of the 80s. I seem to recall something like team finished 3rd in second division, playing whoever finished 3rd bottom of the 1st division, pretty sure Charlton were involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 39 minutes ago, Moist One said: that's the way the old top flight (pre-PL) did it briefly at the back end of the 80s. I seem to recall something like team finished 3rd in second division, playing whoever finished 3rd bottom of the 1st division, pretty sure Charlton were involved. And they stayed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Didn't they do something like that when they reduced the top league down to 20 teams? My memory is shot.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 On 09/05/2018 at 22:14, mozza said: Didn't they do something like that when they reduced the top league down to 20 teams? My memory is shot.. Yes they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 They won't ever bring it back that the 4th from bottom in the Pl is involved in the play offs. Unless they decide to make the final a 2 legged tie rather than at Wembley, you can't reward a team finishing 4th from bottom with a Wembley day out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Relegation play offs i'm not a fan of, only really a worthwhile option in leagues where the drop off between divisions is very big and lower division teams are really at a different level. It's a practicality thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 That Fulham defender against Cam Jam when he scored his header . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ZkblFtyik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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