Английская Википедия:1998 Football League play-offs

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox football league season The Football League play-offs for the 1997–98 season were held in May 1998, with the finals taking place at the old Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals will go through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.

Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

In the First Division, Sunderland, who are aiming to return to the top flight after relegation last season, finished 1 point behind second placed Middlesbrough, who in turn finished 3 points behind champions Nottingham Forest, who returned to the top flight after being relegated last season. Charlton Athletic, who are aiming to return to the top flight after 8 years outside the top division, finished in fourth place in the table. Ipswich Town, who are aiming to return to the top flight after 3 seasons outside the top division, finished in fifth place. Sheffield United, who are aiming to return to the top flight after a 4-year absence, finished 9 points behind Ipswich Town in sixth place. This means Sunderland and Sheffield United will play each other with Ipswich and Charlton playing each other just like in the 1987 playoffs only then Charlton were the First Division and Ipswich were in the Second Division.

First Division

Шаблон:Tooltip	Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36	90
4	Charlton Athletic	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31	88
5	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34	83
6	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	+15	74

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Шаблон:Football box Charlton Athletic won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Шаблон:Football box Sunderland won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second Division

Шаблон:Tooltip	Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
3	Grimsby Town	46	19	15	12	55	37	+18	72
4	Northampton Town	46	18	17	11	52	37	+15	71
5	Bristol Rovers	46	20	10	16	70	64	Шаблон:0+6	70
6	Fulham	46	20	10	16	60	43	+17	70

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Шаблон:Football box Grimsby Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Шаблон:Football box Northampton Town won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third Division

Шаблон:Tooltip	Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
4	Colchester United	46	21	11	14	72	60	+12	74
5	Torquay United	46	21	11	14	68	59	Шаблон:0+9	74
6	Scarborough	46	19	15	12	67	58	Шаблон:0+9	72
7	Barnet	46	19	13	14	61	51	+10	70

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Шаблон:Football box Colchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Шаблон:Football box Torquay United won 7–2 on aggregate.

External links

• Football League website