May 23 2013

Play-offs in numbers

We've picked out some key Championship level play-off stats for Crystal Palace. Use to impress, or more likely annoy, your friends and family.

7 - Is the times Palace have reached the play-offs since their creation in 1987. (1989, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013). It's the joint highest along with Leicester.

5 - The play-off final dates booked by the Eagles – more than any other club. (1989, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2013).

3 - The number of top flight promotions via the play-offs for Palace – the most by any team. (1989, 1997, 2004)

19 - Play-off matches played by Palace – the highest number for Championship level competing sides.

3-0 - The biggest win came against Blackburn in the 1989 play-off final second leg.

3 - Most play-off goals have been scored by Ian Wright (1989) and Neil Shipperley (1997, 2004).

1 - Palace's solitary red card was Julian Gray's dismissal at Sunderland in 2004.

0-3 - The heaviest defeat was by Watford in the 2006 semi-final first leg at Selhurst Park.

73,573 - Highest play-off attendance was in the 1996 final against Leicester at Wembley.

2 - Matches against Watford in the play-offs – both without success. Will it be third time lucky?