Prototype » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:11 am wrote:In the Scottish Championship, teams finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th enter the playoffs with the team finishing 11th in the Premiership.
4th plays 3rd over 2 legs and the winner of that tie plays whoever finishes 2nd in another 2-legged tie.
The winner of that match then plays 11th in the Premiership for a place in the following season's Premiership.
Christ.
Yeah, tough run for the 3rd/4th placed side. Though really, you can see the logic. The SPFL doesn't really want the 4th placed team from D1 propping up the league all year.
If they somehow manage it, they'll have bloody well earned it though!
Re Morton, on your other post, it's a gooseberry fool state of affairs. We haven't played them in a league match since the 99-2000 season. They're not that much smaller than Saints, and it just shows how a bit of good management, or lack of it, can make a huge difference.