Play-Off Dates Confirmed
Tuesday, 24th Mar 2026 15:16

The EFL has confirmed the dates of the Championship play-off semi-finals and final.

Town, currently third, will hope to avoid extending their season by winning automatic promotion. They have eight games of the campaign to go, one more than the sides around them in the table.

This season is the 40th staging of the play-offs, the Blues having been involved in the first in 1986/87 when they lost to Charlton in the semi-finals.

From next year, six teams will take part but this season remains at four, as has been the case since their inception.

The first leg of the sixth-v-third game will be played on Friday 8th May (KO 8pm) with the second on Monday 11th May (KO 8pm).

Leg one of the fifth-v-fourth tie will be played on Saturday 9th May (KO 12.30pm) with the second game on Tuesday 12th May (KO 8pm).

The final will be played on Saturday 23rd May with the kick-off time to be confirmed. The League One final will be on the Sunday and League Two on the Monday.

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Gforce added 16:10 - Mar 24 Fingers crossed we're not in the dreaded play-offs. It's still in our hands,but we need to show more consistency, especially away from home. Passion, fight,determination and 100% commitment,required for every remaining game . COYB.
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Bergholtblue added 16:48 - Mar 24 Ill be on holiday on the 23rd! Please, please, go up automatically.
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armchaircritic59 added 17:50 - Mar 24 Gforce, pretty much amen to that. Shouldn't have put ourselves in the position where it was a question anyway, and three 1-1 draws in our last 5 home matches, suggests home form needs smartening up now too! Guess we are very soon going to find out just how much they want it.
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:45 - Mar 25 I fear that will involve us and that dosnt bode well .
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jas0999 added 16:51 - Mar 25 The goal remains automatic promotion. Over to KM and his expensively assembled squad to achieve it, in what has to be said is a poor championship this year.
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