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⚽ All the latest news and previews going into a big weekend⚽ Premier League preview | Fixtures | Tables | And mail YaraFootball League: Forty years ago, the playoffs did not exist and fascinating archives reveal how a format that even one winning manager wanted abolished came to be.Despite the complaints – and an initially indifferent reaction from the media – the end-of-season drama quickly took hold. In 1986-87, promoted Charlton had battled to stay in the First Division and were forced to fig...