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1995 Football League play offs

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Season
  
1994–95

Goals scored
  
38 (2.53 per match)

Matches played
  
15

Champions
  
Bolton Wanderers (First Division) Huddersfield Town (Second Division) Chesterfield (Third Division)

Biggest home win
  
Chesterfield 5–2 Mansfield (Third Division)

Biggest away win
  
Tranmere 1–3 Reading (First Division)

The Football League play-offs for the 1994–95 season were held in May 1995, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.

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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.

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Bolton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Reading won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Bristol Rovers on aggregate. Bristol Rovers won on away goals.

Brentford 2–2 Huddersfield Town on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–3 on penalties.

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Bury won 2–0 on aggregate.

Chesterfield won 6–3 on aggregate.

References

1995 Football League play-offs Wikipedia