Football League Two Play-offs - Format

Format

Aside from the branding changes which affected English football in 1992 and 2004, the League Two Play–offs have also changed in format. When they were introduced for the 1986–87 season, the play-offs originally featured a third-tier club as well as the three fourth-tier clubs. This format was continued for the 1987–88 season, but discontinued afterwards to include only the four teams who finished behind the team or teams winning automatic promotion. As before, the semi-final and final were both two-legged. Since the 1989–90 season, the final has been a single game, contested between the winners of the semi-finals (which remain two-legged), held at either Wembley Stadium or the Millennium Stadium. The 2011 final will be held at Old Trafford, Manchester; whether this is a permanent arrangement or a one-off deal remains to be seen.