The EFL Playoffs

The playoffs. The best, and the worst way to get promoted. A season coming down to one winner takes all match-up. The Championship final, the richest game in football, this year between Southampton and Hull City.

Or so we all thought...

The unexpected development of a football governing body growing a spine means that it will, pending appeal, be Middlesbrough playing Hull at Wembley. Couple this drama with the 40th anniversary of the playoffs, and these being the final edition played under current format... we picked a pretty good year to talk about this.

Alongside this year's drama we talk playoffs of yesteryear, including the best final, the greatest comeback and Troy Deeney's unbeatable moment in 2013. The playoffs deliver drama like no other, though to be fair, it usually just on the p ...