1995 Football League play-offs explained

Season:	1994–95
Winners:	Bolton Wanderers (First Division) Huddersfield Town (Second Division) Chesterfield (Third Division)
Biggest Home Win:	Chesterfield 5–2 Mansfield (Third Division)
Biggest Away Win:	Tranmere 1–3 Reading (First Division)
Highest Scoring:	Bolton 4–3 Reading Chesterfield 5–2 Mansfield (7 goals)
Matches:	15
Total Goals:	38
Highest Attendance:	64,107 – Bolton v Reading (First Division final)
Lowest Attendance:	6,562 – Mansfield v Chesterfield (Third Division semi-final)
Average Attendance:	19,686
Nextseason:	1996

The Football League play-offs for the 1994–95 season were held in May 1995, 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 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th 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.

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.

First Division

	Team
2	Reading	46	23	10	13	58	44	+14	79
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	14	11	67	45	+22	77
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	77	61	+16	76
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	22	10	14	67	58	+9	76

Semi-finals

First leg----

Second legBolton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.----Reading won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1995 Football League First Division play-off final.

Second Division

	Team
2	Brentford	46	25	10	11	81	39	+42	85
3	Crewe Alexandra	46	25	8	13	80	68	+12	83
4	Bristol Rovers	46	22	16	8	70	40	+30	82
5	Huddersfield Town	46	22	15	9	79	49	+30	81

Semi-finals

First leg----

Second legCrewe Alexandra 1–1 Bristol Rovers on aggregate. Bristol Rovers won on away goals.----Brentford 2–2 Huddersfield Town on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–3 on penalties.

Final

See main article: 1995 Football League Second Division play-off final.

Third Division

	Team
3	Chesterfield	42	23	12	7	62	37	+25	81
4	Bury	42	23	11	8	73	36	+37	80
5	Preston North End	42	19	10	13	58	41	+17	67
6	Mansfield Town	42	18	11	13	84	59	+25	65

Semi-finals

First leg----

Second legBury won 2–0 on aggregate.----Chesterfield won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1995 Football League Third Division play-off final.

External links

• Football League website