Championship news: EFL play-off shake-up looms – Clubs set to vote on new six-team format
The EFL’s iconic play-offs could be on the brink of their biggest transformation since their introduction in 1987.
A proposal to expand the Championship play-offs to include six teams rather than the current four is set to go to a vote at a meeting with clubs in March.
Here, Sports News Blitz’s Liberty Nicholson-Hulse takes a closer look at the potential changes, the controversy, and what an expanded play-off system could mean for English football.
Championship news: Coventry City vs Sunderland – Five key battles and score prediction
The Championship play-offs are here, with fourth-placed Coventry City welcoming fifth-placed Sunderland to the CBS Arena on Friday for the first leg of a much-anticipated semi-final.
Sports News Blitz writer Liam Caffry breaks down five key battles ahead of the clash.
Championship news: Bristol City vs Sheffield United - Five key battles and score prediction
Bristol City welcomes Sheffield United to Ashton Gate for the first leg of their Championship playoff semi-final on Thursday.
Both teams finished sixth and third in the Championship respectively, with the Blades being contenders for automatic promotion, but fell short to the valiant efforts of Leeds United and Burnley.
Sports News Blitz writer - and Leeds Utd fan Maddie Newton assesses the playoff clash and the five key battles to decide the outcome.