Playoff Statistics

Kindly borrowed from firesign at Crystal Palace Forums:
http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=242407

Year and final finishing position
1989
Final: Crystal Palace 3 beat Blackburn 5
Semi losers: Watford 4 and Swindon 6

1990
Final: Swindon 4 beat Sunderland 6
Semi losers: Newcastle 3 and Blackburn 5

1991
Final: Notts County 4 beat Brighton 6
Semi losers: Millwall 5 and Middlesbrough 7

1992
Final: Blackburn 6 beat Leicester 4
Semi losers: Derby 3 and Cambridge United 5

1993
Final: Swindon 5 beat Leicester 6
Semi losers: Portsmouth 3 and Tranmere 4

1994
Final: Leicester 4 beat Derby 6
Semi losers: Millwall 3 and Tranmere 5

1995
Final: Bolton 3 beat Reading 2
Semi losers: Wolves 4 and Tranmere 5

1996
Final: Leicester 5 beat Crystal Palace 3
Semi losers: Stoke 4 and Charlton 6

1997
Final: Crystal Palace 6 beat Sheffield United 5
Semi losers: Wolves 3 and Ipswich 4

1998
Final: Charlton Athletic 4 beat Sunderland 3
Semi losers: Ipswich 5 and Sheffield United 6

1999
Final: Watford 5 beat Bolton 6
Semi losers: Ipswich Town 3 and Birmingham 4

2000
Final: Ipswich 3 beat Barnsley 4
Semi losers: Birmingham 5 and Bolton 6

2001
Final: Bolton 3 beat Preston 4
Semi losers: Birmingham and 5 West Brom 6

2002
Final: Birmingham 5 beat Norwich 6
Semi losers: Wolves 3 and Millwall 4

2003
Final: Wolves 5 beat Sheffield United 3
Semi losers: Reading 4 and Nottingham Forest 6

2004
Final: Crystal Palace 6 beat West Ham 4
Semi losers: Sunderland 3 and Ipswich 5

2005
Final: West Ham 6 beat Preston 5
Semi losers: Ipswich 3 and Derby County 4

2006
Final: Watford 3 beat Leeds 5
Semi losers: Preston 4 and Crystal Palace 6

2007
Final: Derby 3 beat West Brom 4
Semi losers: Wolves 5 and Southampton 6

2008
Final: Hull 3 beat Bristol City 4
Semi losers: Crystal Palace 5 and Watford 6

2009
Final: Burnley 5 beat Sheffield United 3
Semi losers: Reading 4 and Preston 6

2010
Final: Blackpool 6 beat Cardiff 4
Semi losers: Nottingham Forest 3 beat Leicester 5

2011
Final: Swansea 3 beat Reading 5
Semi losers: Cardiff 4 Nottingham Forest 6

2012
Final: West Ham 3 beat Blackpool 5
Semi losers: Birmingham 4 and Cardiff 6

Play-off finalists since 1989 (24 seasons) – final league positions*
3rd – 13 – winners 9 times / losers 4 times
4th – 12 – winners 4 times / losers 8 times
5th – 13 – winners 6 times / losers 7 times
6th – 10 – winners 5 times / losers 5 times


*For the purpose of these figures:
In 1991 an exra team was promoted and in 1995 one less team was promoted. I have calculated the figures on the assumption that – for example – Notts County are included as 3rd in 1991 i.e. they finished 4th in the league but in the ‘first’ play off position which equivalent to third in most other seasons

Most play-off promotions: 3 – Crystal Palace (1989, 1997, 2004)
Most play-off finals: 4 – Crystal Palace, Leicester City
Most play-off final defeats: 3 – Sheffield United (1997, 2003, 2009)
Most play-off participations: 7 – Ipswich Town
Most unsuccessful play-off participations: 6 – Ipswich Town (from 7 in total)