Dear stato's. How often does the team in the first play off spot get promoted?
So over the years, the first couple of years included a team from the division above, a sort of promotion/relegation playoff, 1988/89 was the first season of the next four teams competing for the final place.
There was one year where 8th got you a playoff place, and one where they only went down to 6th (Maidstone/Aldershot demise), but the definitive totals for each team finishing in what are 4th/5th/6th/7th place or equivalents are.....
4th placed team promoted 15 times through the playoffs
5th placed team promoted 4 times
6th placed team promoted 6 times
7th placed team promoted 8 times
These are just the figures for the bottom tier fourth division/third division/League 2