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Slow play-off system leaves clubs lagging

A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
Chris Dunlavy

FAIL to prepare. Prepare to fail. Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote is tacked up on every dressing room wall from Wycombe to Washington DC. As any coach will attest, success is anchored in forward planning. So why do we persist with the current play-off schedule? League One finished on April 30, the other divisions on May 6. Yet finalists Bradford and Millwall will not meet until May 20, while the winners of the Championship and League Two semis must wait until the following weekend.
Crazy. Any club entering the play-offs is already at a disadv...

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