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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Scott Murray

Field Notes: The birth of the playoffs, English football’s biggest weekend

Swindon Town won a thrilling playoff final against Leicester City in 1993.
Swindon Town won a thrilling playoff final against Leicester City in 1993. Photograph: Colorsport/REX/Shutterstock

With the Guardian’s unstoppable rise to global dominance** we at Guardian US thought we’d run a series of articles for fans wishing to improve their knowledge of the sport’s history and storylines, hopefully in a way that doesn’t patronise you to within an inch of your life. A warning: If you’re the kind of person that finds The Blizzard too populist this may not be the series for you.

** Actual dominance may not be global. Or dominant

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