Promotion Rules

[magpie_mania]

Automatic is where we've got to be then to save any confusion, and we've got a squad with depth to have a right go at it

What confusion? It's very clear regarding the play-offs.

[BanjoPie]

What confusion? It's very clear regarding the play-offs.

So you understand it - then please enlighten us

[navypie]

In the preliminary play off games team 4 play at home to team 7, and 5 at home to 6. The winners of those games then play away in the semis to teams 2 and 3. All of these are one-off games, there are no return legs. The winners of the semi-finals then meet at Wembley for the right to go up to League 2.

So you understand it - then please enlighten us

It's hardly rocket science.

[BanjoPie]

It's hardly rocket science.

Ah, must have missed that - where are my glasses

[Old_pie]

Ah, must have missed that - where are my glasses

Hopefully on the outside of whatever you are drinking

[Elite_Pie]

I think the playoff format in the National League is more interesting and fairer than the one used in the Football League, in that it pays much more respect to final league placings over 46 games. In the FL, the only advantage the team who just miss out on automatic promotion has over a team that finished four places (and maybe 20 points) behind them is to get home advantage in the semi-final second leg. Does that really reward their efforts over 46 games? In the NL, in order go up the teams in 6th and 7th places have to win two away games and the final to go up, and the teams in 4th and 5th places have to win a home then away tie and the final to succeed. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams have to win a home tie and the final to get promoted.

A big incentive for us to at least make the top three if we can't manage the top one.

[slack_pie]

I think the playoff format in the National League is more interesting and fairer than the one used in the Football League, in that it pays much more respect to final league placings over 46 games. In the FL, the only advantage the team who just miss out on automatic promotion has over a team that finished four places (and maybe 20 points) behind them is to get home advantage in the semi-final second leg. Does that really reward their efforts over 46 games? In the NL, in order go up the teams in 6th and 7th places have to win two away games and the final to go up, and the teams in 4th and 5th places have to win a home then away tie and the final to succeed. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams have to win a home tie and the final to get promoted.

A big incentive for us to at least make the top three if we can't manage the top one.

Definitely. The format in the league actually seems to favour the team sneaking into the last playoff place rather than the team who just missed out on automatic, purely from a mental perspective. I really like the format in the NL.

[pjace]

I think the playoff format in the National League is more interesting and fairer than the one used in the Football League, in that it pays much more respect to final league placings over 46 games. In the FL, the only advantage the team who just miss out on automatic promotion has over a team that finished four places (and maybe 20 points) behind them is to get home advantage in the semi-final second leg. Does that really reward their efforts over 46 games? In the NL, in order go up the teams in 6th and 7th places have to win two away games and the final to go up, and the teams in 4th and 5th places have to win a home then away tie and the final to succeed. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams have to win a home tie and the final to get promoted.

A big incentive for us to at least make the top three if we can't manage the top one.

Agree 100% Elite

[Elite_Pie]

So you understand it - then please enlighten us

You've already been enlightened, what part don't you understand?