Beginning at the 2012 season, the third promotion place is determined by a playoff between the 3rd to 6th actual places.

He played 38 games in 1974-75, as Vale again finished four points short of the promotion places.

In their first season they finished 2nd, just 2 points off the top slot and only promotion place.

Play-offs for the third promotion place were introduced in 1987.

There would only be two promotion places in the Second Division for 1994-95.

However a poor run ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place.

The team then fell off the two promotion places.

They finished tenth in the league, some way off from the promotion places.

The following season they came fifth but were 16 points shy of the promotion places.

They duly came 6th, 9 points behind the promotion places.