Play Off Data

[Barry the bird boggler]

Reading are indeed crap at the play offs, however they are not the worst - spare a thought for poor old Preston who have reached more playoffs than any other club but still haven't won any. Then there's Nottm F who've reach 4 playoffs but never got past the Semi stage.

The table below shows those sides that, since the FL playoffs were instigated in 1987, have reached 3 or more playoffs at Division 2, Division 3 or Division 4 level.

Reading are 46th out of 52.

Semi - Finalist - Winner - Tot Play Offs
Blackpool 1 1 4 6
Peterborough 0 0 3 3
Crystal Palace 2 1 3 6
Swindon Town 2 1 3 6
Burnley 1 0 2 3
Walsall 1 0 2 3
Gillingham 0 2 2 4
Notts County 1 1 2 4
Charlton Athletic 2 0 2 4
Watford 2 0 2 4
Leicester City 1 2 2 5
Swansea 2 2 2 6
Bolton 3 2 2 7
Huddersfield 4 1 2 7
Scunthorpe 4 1 2 7
Leyton Orient 0 2 1 3
West Brom 1 1 1 3
Colchester 2 0 1 3
Wycombe 2 0 1 3
Bristol Rovers 1 2 1 4
Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 4
Derby County 2 1 1 4
Northampton 2 1 1 4
Birmingham City 3 0 1 4
Torquay 1 3 1 5
Stockport 2 2 1 5
Cardiff C 3 1 1 5
Crewe 3 1 1 5
Stoke City 4 0 1 5
Millwall 4 1 1 6
Tranmere Rovers 4 1 1 6
Wolves 4 1 1 6
Ipswich Town 6 0 1 7
Darlington 1 2 0 3
Shrewsbury Town 1 2 0 3
Rochdale 2 1 0 3
Rotherham 2 1 0 3
Barnet 3 0 0 3
MK Dons 3 0 0 3
Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3
Leeds United 1 3 0 4
Sunderland 2 2 0 4
Wigan 3 1 0 4
Nottm Forest 4 0 0 4
Bristol City 2 3 0 5
Reading 2 3 0 5
Sheffield United 2 3 0 5
Lincoln City 3 2 0 5
Hartlepool 4 1 0 5
Brentford 4 2 0 6
Bury 5 1 0 6
Preston 5 3 0 8

[Cobi]

Pops open the Babyoil...

[fridays child]

So who have lost more finals than us?

[chilipepper91]

So who have lost more finals than us?

None - equal with Torquay, Leeds, Bristol City, Sheff U and Preston. Still, records are made to be broken... and one of Torquay and Sheff U will do it this season

[Chaney]

why do you need total play-offs?, most of us can just add the others together.

[Maguire]

Before this thread I would've guessed Ipswich as having the worst record as I remeber them seemingly knocked out in the semis eveyr year for a while.

6-0-1-7 so a way up the list but overall that's a lot of heartbreak

[JC]

It's amazing that 52 teams have featured in playoffs. If I read the figures correctly only Peterborough gave won every playoff they have been in(3)
Another quirky stat is that no team has been in less than 3 playoffs

[Silver Fox]

Considering the list is only those teams who've been in the playoffs 3 or more times that's hardly surprising

[chilipepper91]

Another quirky stat is that no team has been in less than 3 playoffs

"The table below shows those sides that, since the FL playoffs were instigated in 1987, have reached 3 or more playoffs at Division 2, Division 3 or Division 4 level."

*guards against whoosh*

[Einstein agogo]

who could count on Rougier scoring an own goal from his head?

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Im actually amazed that there are that many teams with a worse play off record. Still, you have to be good enough to get in them in the 1st place to be crap at them.

Has any club never made the play offs? Obviously those new to the league, but any long standing league clubs?

[The Rouge]

Before this thread I would've guessed Ipswich as having the worst record as I remeber them seemingly knocked out in the semis eveyr year for a while.

6-0-1-7 so a way up the list but overall that's a lot of heartbreak

agred - i would love to have a little '1' in that third column though

[Simon's Church]

Lolz at Forest, 4 tries and still never made it to the final.

[Norfolk Royal]

On those stats some of the team don't appear to have played in the semi finals but have won the finals. Were there no semis at one time or summat?

Peterborough for instance appear never to have been a semi finalist or a finalist but nevertheless have won it three times. Or am I being obtuse?

[parky]

On those stats some of the team don't appear to have played in the semi finals but have won the finals. Were there no semis at one time or summat?

Peterborough for instance appear never to have been a semi finalist or a finalist but nevertheless have won it three times. Or am I being obtuse?

it's only recorded when you lose. On that logic there are loads of teams that have won the playoffs without being finalists.

[Simon's Church]

Yes

The first column is the number of times a team has lost in the semi finals, second column is lost in the final.

[pea]

Whole lot of whooshing going on in this thread

[JC]

Considering the list is only those teams who've been in the playoffs 3 or more times that's hardly surprising

Oops!

[Fox Talbot]

Im actually amazed that there are that many teams with a worse play off record. Still, you have to be good enough to get in them in the 1st place to be crap at them.

Has any club never made the play offs? Obviously those new to the league, but any long standing league clubs?

Coventry - they haven't been in a promotion race since 1967

[Fox Talbot]

^^^ and obviously all the long-standing PL clubs.