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1996 Football League play offs

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Season
  
1995–96

Goals scored
  
32 (2.13 per match)

Matches played
  
15

Champions
  
Leicester City(First Division)Bradford City(Second Division)Plymouth Argyle(Third Division)

Biggest home win
  
Plymouth 3–1 Colchester(Third Division)

Biggest away win
  
Blackpool 0–3 Bradford(Second Division)

The Football League play-offs for the 1995–96 season were held in May 1996, 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 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th 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

Crystal Palace won 3–1 on aggregate.

Leicester City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Bradford City won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notts County won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Plymouth Argyle won 3–2 on aggregate.

Darlington won 4–2 on aggregate.

References

1996 Football League play-offs Wikipedia
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