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PLAY-OFF RUNNERS’ LOSING BATTLE…

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The LeaguePaper Team
12 May 2019

GLORY: Leeds in 1992

NEVER before has a set of play-offs matches contained clubs of such glittering history and heritage.
For the first time ever, each member of the Championship top six is a former champion of England. Leeds (3), West Brom (1), Aston Villa (7) and Derby (2) have amassed 13 top-flight titles.
That beats the previous best of 12 in 1990, when Sunderland (6), Newcastle (4) and Blackburn (2) contested a play-off competition that was, ironically, won by Swindon Town.
Down in League One, semi-final opponents Sunderland and Portsmouth have shared a further eight, taking the tot...

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