Portsmouth promoted next year? How every defeated League One play-off semi-finalist has fared the following season
By Jordan Cronin
Published 17th May 2019, 12:08 GMT
Pompey’s Championship dream was ended in the League One play-off semi-finals last night - but will they come again next season?
We've gone back in time to discover every defeated League One play-off semi-finalists and looked at how they've fared the following season. In history in favour or against the Blues? Click and scroll through the pages to find out:
What does history tells us about Pompey's League One promotion chances next season?
Brentford narrowly missed out on automatic promotion before tasting further play-off semi-final defeat at the hands of Swansea. Tranmere, however, survived relegation by four points.
Two consecutive years of play-off heartbreak took its toll on Brentford as they were relegated from League One. Huddersfield dropped down to 15th.
In the following season, Oldham fell nine points short of a play-off spot in 8th whereas Yeovil suffered an opposite effect, finishing five points off the relegation places.
Southend, despite their best efforts, fell five points short in the race for the play-offs. At the other end of the table, Carlisle escaped the drop by ONE point.
Leeds bounced back in the best possible fashion, piping Millwall to an automatic promotion place. It proved to be an indifferent season for MK Dons, though, who ended the term in 12th.
One year later, Huddersfield reached the play-off final, only to be heartbroken by Peterborough. Charlton had to settle for 13th place.
