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7 May 2017

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Why not give the play-offs a shake-up?
THE play-offs are a topic that never cease to stir up a bit of controversy.
Some people love them, others hate them. However, it’s fair to say that the genie is out of the bottle and they are here to stay.
As Graham Westley (page 13) points out, even Mansfield Town in 12th still had a chance of getting into the League Two play-offs heading into yesterday’s final round of regular season games.
The big plus is that more teams have something to play for, instead of featuring in dead rubbers, in the latter stages of the season.
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