#171 Why is the English Championship playoff final known as The Richest Game in Football?

Soccer 101

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Sports, Soccer

4.9 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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With the Championship playoff final looming, Graham and Taylor discuss the history of the competition and how the format first came to be. Then it's on to the money on offer, how clubs tend to utilize their winnings, the most notable matches in playoff history, and how this weekend's final is likely to play out.

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0:59.2	My name is Taylor Rockwell, and this week with the championship playoff final on tap for this weekend,
1:04.6	we thought it might be a good time to take a longer look at the most lucrative game in club football.
1:08.6	Here with me to talk all things playoff as a man who loves a playoff final,
1:14.1	provided it comes at the end of a balanced schedule season and doesn't actually decide the league winner, it's Graham Ruffin. Hello, Graham.
1:18.9	Hello, Taylor Rockwell. I'm not so hot on playoffs right now. Nothing to do with the fact, of course,
1:25.3	that Starlin Albion were relegated in a playoff like last week. But yeah, put that pain aside for this episode. Are you excited to talk about the biggest American innovation in English football that British people try to pretend isn't American?
1:32.5	Because it makes them a little bit uncomfortable to recognise that.
1:35.6	Does it make them a little bit uncomfortable because they secretly quite like it?
1:38.7	Yes, that's exactly why it makes them uncomfortable.
1:41.7	Yes, let's talk about it.
1:43.2	And as I said, this is because the championship final is this weekend. But it is a question we get from time to time. I think it is a fairly Googled thing as to why it has this reputation as being the most lucrative game, the most like the biggest prize money, the biggest trophy you can get. Maybe that's not quite as accurate that last one, but the money on
2:01.2	offer is pretty sizable when it comes to moving up from the championship to the Premier League.
2:05.2	So let's talk about what this thing actually is, Graham. What is the championship playoff final?
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