2015-2016 English Football League Promotion/Relegation

[Dennisch]

Boro had a few decent chances to score a second but I'll take 1-0 at HT. I just hope Karanka doesn't tell them to park the bus for the next 45 and invite attacks, he often does that even when Boro are in control.

Yellow scored.

From star to schmuck in no time. What the hell. Giant wound.

 

[Famine]

Thought it might be amusing to create some play-off league tables, based on head-to-head results:

National League
1. Forest Green Rovers - W3 D2 L1 - G+7 G-4 - +3 - 11pt
2. Braintree Town - W2 D3 L1 - G+3 G-2 - +1 - 9pt
3. Grimsby Town - W2 D3 L1 - G+4 G-3 - +1 - 9pt
4. Dover Athletic - W0 D2 L3 - G+2 G-7 - -5 - 2pt

Braintree Town 1-0 Dover Athletic
Braintree Town 1-1 Forest Green Rovers
Braintree Town 0-0 Grimsby Town
Dover Athletic 0-0 Braintree Town
Dover Athletic 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
Dover Athletic 1-1 Grimsby Town
Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Braintree Town
Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Dover Athletic
Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town 0-1 Braintree Town
Grimsby Town 1-0 Dover Athletic
Grimsby Town 1-1 Forest Green Rovers

League Two
1. Portsmouth - W3 D2 L1 - G+7 G-4 - +3 - 11pt
2. Plymouth - W3 D0 L3 - G+8 G-7 - +1 - 9pt
3. Wimbledon - W2 D2 L2 - G+6 G-7 - -1 - 8pt
4. Accrington Stanley - W1 D2 L3 - G+6 G-9 - -3 - 5pt

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
Accrington Stanley 1-3 Portsmouth
Accrington Stanley 3-4 Wimbledon
Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Portsmouth
Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Wimbledon
Portsmouth 0-0 Accrington Stanley
Portsmouth 1-2 Plymouth
Portsmouth 0-0 Wimbledon
Wimbledon 0-0 Accrington Stanley
Wimbledon 0-2 Plymouth
Wimbledon 0-1 Portsmouth

League One
1. Barnsley - W4 D1 L1 - G+9 G-6 - +3 - 13pt
2. Walsall - W3 D0 L3 - G+6 G-11 - -5 - 9pt
3. Bradford City - W2 D2 L2 - G+6 G-3 - +3 - 8pt
4. Millwall - W1 D1 L4 - G+6 G-7 - -1 - 4pt

Barnsley 0-0 Bradford City
Barnsley 2-1 Millwall
Barnsley 0-2 Walsall
Bradford City 0-1 Barnsley
Bradford City 1-0 Millwall
Bradford City 4-0 Walsall
Millwall 2-3 Barnsley
Millwall 0-0 Bradford City
Millwall 0-1 Walsall
Walsall 1-3 Barnsley
Walsall 2-1 Bradford City
Walsall 0-3 Millwall

Championship
1. Derby County - W2 D4 L0 - G+10 G-4 - +6 - 10pt
2. Brighton & Hove Albion - W1 D5 L0 - G+4 G-3 - +1 - 8pt
3. Sheffield Wednesday - W0 D6 L0 - G+2 G-2 - 0 - 6pt
4. Hull City - W0 D3 L3 - G+1 G-8 - -7 - 3pt

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Derby County
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Hull City
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Derby County 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Derby County 4-0 Hull City
Derby County 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Hull City 0-2 Derby County
Hull City 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Derby County
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Hull City

I'll fill in the rest when the playoff pictures become clear later.

With the existing data, if the playoffs follow league form:

National League
SF1 - Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Dover Athletic (agg)
SF2 - Braintree Town 1-0 Grimsby Town (agg)
Final - Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Braintree Town

League Two
SF1 - Accrington Stanley 3-4 Wimbledon (agg)
SF2 - Portsmouth 3-3 Plymouth (agg)
Final - Wimbledon vs a team they'd have lost to

League One
SF1 - Walsall 3-3 Barnsley (agg); Barnsley win on away goals
SF2 - Millwall 0-1 Bradford City (agg)
Final - Barnsley 1-0 Bradford City

Championship
SF1 - Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (agg)
SF2 - Derby County 6-0 Hull City (agg)
Final - Derby County vs a team they'd have lost to on away goals

 

[Peasantslayer]

Brighton improved a lot in the 2nd half, they looked more threatening but they didn't really have any clear chances to score again. Can't wait for next season!

 

[Famine]

17. Sunderland - P36, 35pt
18. Newcastle United - P37, 34pt
19. Norwich City - P36, 31pt

Norwich lost to Manchester United, Newcastle drew with Villa and Sunderland beat Chelsea.

If Sunderland beat Everton during the week, Norwich and Newcastle are down. Ouch

If Accrington win (vs Stevenage), they're up.

They didn't.

If Oxford win (vs Wycombe), so are they.

They did.

Bristol have to win (vs relegated Dagenham) to have a chance and will go up if one of Oxford or Accrington don't win.

They did, with a last minute goal, promoting them as Accrington didn't win.

The team that doesn't make it has home advantage in the playoffs against Wimbledon. Meanwhile Portsmouth will play Plymouth in the playoffs, but whichever team has the better result today will take home advantage. If the results are the same, Portsmouth take it unless Plymouth score eleven more goals.

Portsmouth lost, Plymouth massacred Hartlepool and have the home advantage.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

Really chuffed for Burton Albion's second promotion on the bounce. Their goalkeeper, Jon McLaughlin, was one of my best mates at primary school, and he's married to a girl who was in my form group at high school. He was named in the League One Team of the Year too

 

[Famine]

So far in the playoffs we've had two teams who missed out on automatic promotion on goal difference (Brighton, Accrington) eliminated by the fourth-place playoff team (Wednesday, Wimbledon). Meanwhile Walsall, who missed out on automatic promotion by 1pt, a 3-0 down to Barnsley after 1 leg...

 

[Liquid]

The media machine for Wimbledon will go into overdrive next season if they go up; they'll be at the same level as Milton Keynes.

 

[Famine]

Amusingly in all three divisions the playoff final is the 2nd ranked team vs the 4th ranked team...

 

[Liquid]

And all the first leg winners went through into the finals.

 

[Liquid]

Shoutout to Barnsley who were bottom of League One in December. They didn't just avoid relegation but actually went all the way and got promoted too.

 

[jake2013guy]

Wimbledon promoted.

 

[Sureboss]

Which also means AFC Wimbledon vs MK Dons in the league next season...

Considering the club was formed in 2002, it's seriously impressive.