Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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6th often win the play offs rather than 3rd.
That’s not actually true.
It was shown during this years play offs that the team finishing in 3rd place (4th in the case of League 2 as the top 3 get automatic spots) had won at least as many play off finals than the other 3 qualifying positions added together, this applied to all 3 divisions.
While that meant the teams finishing 3rd only had about a 50% success rate, it is still the most successful position when it comes to winning the playoffs.
This year when Hull, Doncaster and Stockport all won the playoffs from the highest qualifying position as well.
You are historically (and statistically) more likely to go up in the play offs from 3rd place (4th in League 2) than any other finishing place.