If Palace get a goalless draw & Bolton beat Blackpool 3-1 ...

Lord Bracknell said:

... both Palace and Bolton end the season with identical goal difference & identical goals scored (+10 / 70-60).

Am I right in thinking that the tie-breaker would be the combined outcome of games between Palace & Bolton? In which case, it would be Palace finishing above Bolton, since the results earler in the season were Palace 0 Bolton 0 / Bolton 0 Palace 1.

Or am I imagining this rule?

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CP 0 3 BHA said:

Sporting Life's table shows the following footnote

Positions: Promotion 1,2. Play Off 3,4,5,6. Relegation 22,23,24.
Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. The bottom 3 teams will be automatically relegated to the division below.
If two or more teams finish level on points the team with the better goal difference will finish higher.
If two or more teams have the same points and the same goal difference, the team which has scored the higher number of goals will finish higher.
If two or more teams finish level on points, goal difference and goals scored, and the championship, a relegation place or European qualification is at stake, they will then play off to decide who finishes higher.

It doesn't mention your rule but the reference to a play-off doesn't appear to relate to play off places so you may be right.

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Lord Bracknell said:

... both Palace and Bolton end the season with identical goal difference & identical goals scored (+10 / 70-60).

Am I right in thinking that the tie-breaker would be the combined outcome of games between Palace & Bolton? In which case, it would be Palace finishing above Bolton, since the results earler in the season were Palace 0 Bolton 0 / Bolton 0 Palace 1.

Or am I imagining this rule?

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Cypriot-Seagull said:

Taken from the official Football league site:
9.2 If two or more Clubs have the same number of points, goal difference and goals scored the highest placed Club shall be determined by the respective League records against each other, taking into account in order of precedence, points gained, goal difference and goals scored.

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Lord Bracknell said:

This seems to suggest that a play-off between Palace and Bolton might be required to decide who will get to play the Albion in the play-off semi-finals. When would they play that game?

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Lord Bracknell said:

But this confirms that Palace would pip Bolton to fifth place. What would have happened if the two games between Bolton and Palace hadn't separated the two teams?

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Cypriot-Seagull said:

If the above procedures do not separate the Clubs, then the Clubs concerned shall play off a deciding League Match or Matches under arrangements approved by the Board on a neutral ground.

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Cypriot-Seagull said:

If the above procedures do not separate the Clubs, then the Clubs concerned shall play off a deciding League Match or Matches under arrangements approved by the Board on a neutral ground.

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slartibartfast said:

What would be brilliant would be:

Palace 0 Posh 1
Bolton 2 Blackpool 0
Forest 2 Leicester 0

I think Im right in saying that would drop Palace out of the playoffs altogether, and we'd be playing Bolton.

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Lord Bracknell said:

Theoretically, three teams might finish the season with the same goal difference, the same goals scored and draws in all six matches in which they have played each other. Unlikely, I know ... but how would they settle that dilemma? Three play-off games to decide who came 5th, 6th and 7th?

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slartibartfast said:

What would be brilliant would be:

Palace 0 Posh 1
Bolton 2 Blackpool 0
Forest 2 Leicester 0

I think Im right in saying that would drop Palace out of the playoffs altogether, and we'd be playing Bolton.

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Lord Bracknell said:

This seems to suggest that a play-off between Palace and Bolton might be required to decide who will get to play the Albion in the play-off semi-finals. When would they play that game?

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GingerBeerMan said:

This isn't the case, but if it was, and the winner got Brighton (and the loser got an out-of-form Hull), imagine both teams trying to lose.

*We'll score one more (own goal) than you*

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Bob! said:

So.....
Bolton have to win by 3 goals then!

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