All eyes turn towards glory at Wembley as the Sky Bet Football League play-offs commence and Sky Sports will be the only place where you can watch all the back-and-forth action.
The notoriously difficult to predict play-offs begin on Thursday, May 8, and culminate with a trio of Wembley Stadium finals from May 24-26, all exclusively live on Sky Sports.
After an intense 46 game schedule, 12 Football League sides still remain something still to play for and these clubs dare to dream of a trip to Wembley and promotion to the next tier of English football, providing they can negotiate the self-styled ‘lottery’ of the end-of-season play-offs.
In the Championship semi-finals, Brighton & Hove Albion, who needed a last-minute goal on the final day to secure sixth place, entertain Derby County in their first leg encounter on May 8, which kicks off the 2014 Play-offs.
Third-placed Derby have long been assured of a play-off spot and they will host the second leg three days later.
Steve McClaren has worked wonders since taking over at Derby at the end of September, when the Rams where sitting in 14th place.
The former England manager’s side climbed the table to secure their play-off spot with three games to spare and have won 22 of the 36 games, being without doubt the in-form side going into the play-offs.
After a somewhat inconsistent season, Brighton reached the play-offs for the second season running in the last minute against Nottingham Forest, ousting Reading from the final playoff spot in the process.
In the other semi-final, Queens Park Rangers may have been expected to go up automatically but will have to do things the hard way, starting on May 9 when they visit Wigan Athletic in the first leg.
The second leg at Loftus Road between two sides looking to bounce straight back into the Premier League is on May 12.
For so long, Harry Redknapp’s QPR were challenging promoted Leicester City and Burnley for the automatic promotion places but faded to fourth after winning just three of their last eight games.
FA Cup semi-finalists Wigan are the first obstacle in QPR’s way and their experience in big games at Wembley will undoubtedly stand them in good stead, after their place in the play-offs was assured with a win at Birmingham in the penultimate round of fixtures.
In League One, Peterborough and Leyton Orient tussle for a place at Wembley and Preston North End face Rotherham United, while League Two’s semi-finals sees York and Fleetwood meet and Burton play Southend.
The Football League has provided drama all season, not least on a thrilling final day, and it culminates with 15 spectacular play-off encounters.
Sky Sports will screen all 15 Sky Bet Football League Play-off matches exclusively live, including the three finals at Wembley over the Bank Holiday weekend of May 24-26.
The Championship play-off final, dubbed the richest game in football, on May 24 decides who will enter the Premier League, while the League One final is the day after, concluding with the League Two final on May 26.
BBC Sport will broadcast free-to-air TV highlights of each of the Play-off Finals at Wembley, plus goal highlights of the two-legged semi-finals will be made available via the BBC Sport website.
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