Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.
End of season & play-off dates confirmed
clive
Posts: 19,792
EFL final day fixtures
The final day dates and kick-off times of the regular 46-game season in the Sky Bet EFL will be as follows:
Sky Bet Championship | Saturday 3 May 2025 | 12:30 |
Sky Bet League One | Saturday 3 May 2025 | 15.00 |
Sky Bet League Two | Saturday 3 May 2025 | 15:00 |
Dates of First Legs | Kick-off | Fixture |
Thursday 8 May 2025 | 20:00 | Championship A 1st Leg (6th v 3rd) |
Friday 9 May 2025 | 20:00 | Championship B 1st Leg (5th v 4th) |
Saturday 10 May 2025 | 12:30 | League One A 1st Leg (6th v 3rd) |
Saturday 10 May 2025 | 19:45 | League One B 1st Leg (5th v 4th) |
Sunday 11 May 2025 | 15:30 | League Two A 1st Leg (7th v 4th) |
Sunday 11 May 2025 | 18:30 | League Two B 1st Leg (6th v 5th) |
Dates of Second Legs | Kick-off | Fixture |
Monday 12 May 2025 | 20:00 | Championship A 2nd Leg (3rd v 6th) |
Tuesday 13 May 2025 | 20:00 | Championship B 2nd Leg (4th v 5th) |
Wednesday 14 May 2025 | 20:00 | League One A 2nd Leg (3rd v 6th) |
Thursday 15 May 2025 | 20:00 | League One B 2nd Leg (4th v 5th) |
Friday 16 May 2025 | 20:00 | League Two A 2nd Leg (4th v 7th) |
Saturday 17 May 2025 | 12:30 | League Two B 2nd Leg (5th v 6th) |
Sky Bet EFL Play-Off Finals
The Sky Bet EFL Play-Off Finals will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, with the Championship on Saturday 24 May, League One on Sunday 25 May and League Two on Monday 26 May.
https://www.efl.com/news/2025/february/27/sky-bet-efl-play-off-dates-confirmed/
14
Comments
-
25th May again, it's an omen I tell thee.17
-
Good thing we're finishing 2nd!!15
-
Surprised the final day of the season kick offs are at 3pm.4
-
Yeah, you imagine there wont be any televised games as a result. Although League Two finished at 3pm on a Saturday last season, and think they still had games selected for coverage; the blackout can be very strange at times.Callumcafc said:Surprised the final day of the season kick offs are at 3pm.0 -
1 -
Buzzing, Play-off's, off to Greece for a week. Back 2am sleep, Wemberrrrlee.0
-
ForeverAddickted said:
Yeah, you imagine there wont be any televised games as a result. Although League Two finished at 3pm on a Saturday last season, and think they still had games selected for coverage; the blackout can be very strange at times.Callumcafc said:Surprised the final day of the season kick offs are at 3pm.
Pretty sure they can televise 3pm games last day of the season.2 -
Also nice to see all three play off finals happening on the same weekend again. Didn’t like the last couple of years when the Championship final had it’s own weekend.11
-
The anxiety for the next 13 games is already incredibly high this end.0
-
The blackout doesn’t count when non-league teams aren’t playing. Conference finishes the week before so they can show 3PM games.LargeAddick said:ForeverAddickted said:
Yeah, you imagine there wont be any televised games as a result. Although League Two finished at 3pm on a Saturday last season, and think they still had games selected for coverage; the blackout can be very strange at times.Callumcafc said:Surprised the final day of the season kick offs are at 3pm.
Pretty sure they can televise 3pm games last day of the season.0 -
Sponsored links:
-
Looking forward to stuffin' Wrexham 3-0 at Wembley come May 25th, and sending them all the way back to Wales in tears, Dobbo included... 👍
p.s, unless as @ForeverAddickted said we finish 2nd🙄0 -
I'm sure that at point the final L1 games were played on a Sunday, so that the 3 EFL leagues were at different times.Callumcafc said:Surprised the final day of the season kick offs are at 3pm.0 -
Any insurance bods on here going to BIBA conference bit of a clash
Stockport or Huddersfield away are easy from Manc though0 -
Saturday night play off first leg would be fierce1
-
The final has always been on a Sunday for as long as I can remember0
-
B*llocks, yeah just realised that....Southendaddick said:Any insurance bods on here going to BIBA conference bit of a clash
Stockport or Huddersfield away are easy from Manc though1 -
Didn't you take out a policy to insure against it....😀.Elthamaddick said:
B*llocks, yeah just realised that....Southendaddick said:Any insurance bods on here going to BIBA conference bit of a clash
Stockport or Huddersfield away are easy from Manc though7 -
First legsSaturday 10 May 2025
12:30
League One A 1st Leg (6th v 3rd)
Saturday 10 May 2025
19:45
League One B 1st Leg (5th v 4th)
Second legsWednesday 14 May 2025
20:00
League One A 2nd Leg (3rd v 6th)
Thursday 15 May 2025
20:00
League One B 2nd Leg (4th v 5th)
9 -
So our home leg of the playoffs, whatever happens, will be an evening KO8
-
Even more reason to get a second leg at home - midweek away would be rubbish.5
-
Sponsored links:
-
Yep, reading would be ok though and a decent allocation.Callumcafc said:Even more reason to get a second leg at home - midweek away would be rubbish.0 -
Stockport away. Maybe I will get a ticket after all 😄Callumcafc said:Even more reason to get a second leg at home - midweek away would be rubbish.0 -
What is all this bollox?
Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that.
I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷0 -
If we can't get 2nd then it would be ideal if we can get 3rd.oohaahmortimer said:
First legsSaturday 10 May 2025
12:30
League One A 1st Leg (6th v 3rd)
Saturday 10 May 2025
19:45
League One B 1st Leg (5th v 4th)
Second legsWednesday 14 May 2025
20:00
League One A 2nd Leg (3rd v 6th)
Thursday 15 May 2025
20:00
League One B 2nd Leg (4th v 5th)
Means we'd play the away leg at a pretty dead time. Hard for any home crowd to get that 'up' for a 12.30 kick off. And then obviously the home leg is at night when the crowd would be rocking.5 -
The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football.jimmymelrose said:What is all this bollox?
Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that.
I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷2 -
They have to do that because they show every play off game live and none of them clash.jimmymelrose said:What is all this bollox?
Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that.
I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
Across the 3 divisions there's a play off every single day (with 2 on weekend days) from 8-17 May.3 -
se9addick said:
That’s not the point I’m making. The point is why is a 12.30pm kick-off considered more convenient than a 3pm kick off on a Saturday? Does everyone really want to watch while eating lunch and be desperate to rush out for the afternoon? I just don’t believe that’s true. If it is true that people want to be out, then don’t people go out on Saturday evenings anymore? And if you argue that yes, they watch it in the pub, why wouldn't they equally watch a 3pm kick-off in the pub? I think that TV makes huge and probably incorrect assumptions about their audience.
The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football.jimmymelrose said:What is all this bollox?
Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that.
I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
As for Thursday over Tuesday, what difference can that possibly make?0 -
They aren’t allowed to show matches on TV at 3pm on a Saturday…jimmymelrose said:se9addick said:
That’s not the point I’m making. The point is why is a 12.30pm kick-off considered more convenient than a 3pm kick off on a Saturday? Does everyone really want to watch while eating lunch and be desperate to rush out for the afternoon? I just don’t believe that’s true. If it is true that people want to be out, then don’t people go out on Saturday evenings anymore? And if you argue that yes, they watch it in the pub, why wouldn't they equally watch a 3pm kick-off in the pub? I think that TV makes huge and probably incorrect assumptions about their audience.
The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football.jimmymelrose said:What is all this bollox?
Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that.
I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
As for Thursday over Tuesday, what difference can that possibly make?0 -
Stop worrying. We are finishing second!0
-
Except when it suits them to, like the Burton game.se9addick said:
They aren’t allowed to show matches on TV at 3pm on a Saturday…jimmymelrose said:se9addick said:
That’s not the point I’m making. The point is why is a 12.30pm kick-off considered more convenient than a 3pm kick off on a Saturday? Does everyone really want to watch while eating lunch and be desperate to rush out for the afternoon? I just don’t believe that’s true. If it is true that people want to be out, then don’t people go out on Saturday evenings anymore? And if you argue that yes, they watch it in the pub, why wouldn't they equally watch a 3pm kick-off in the pub? I think that TV makes huge and probably incorrect assumptions about their audience.
The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football.jimmymelrose said:What is all this bollox?
Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that.
I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
As for Thursday over Tuesday, what difference can that possibly make?1
