Forty years of Football League drama: new light shone on how the playoffs were bornPublished bytheguardian.comon •1 min readArchives reveal how a format that even one winning manager wanted abolished four decades ago came to beAs the playoffs begin for the 40th time, it is easy to forget there was once a world without them. But where did they come from?Football LeagueChampionshipLeague OneLeague TwoFootballFootball politicsSportCIALearn moreShareLegalReport
