1994 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs
Season	1993–94
Champions	Leicester City; (First Division); Burnley; (Second Division); Wycombe Wanderers; (Third Division)
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Biggest home win	Preston 4–1 Torquay; (Third Division)
Biggest away win	Millwall 1–3 Derby; (First Division); Plymouth 1–3 Burnley; (Second Division)
Highest scoring	Preston 2–4 Wycombe; (6 goals)
Highest attendance	73,671 – Derby v Leicester; (First Division final)
Lowest attendance	4,440 – Torquay v Preston; (Third Division semi-final)
Average attendance	20,348
	← 1993 1995 →

The Football League play-offs for the 1993–94 season were held in May 1994, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.

Background[edit]

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Millwall	46	19	17	10	58	49	0+9	74
4	Leicester City	46	19	16	11	72	59	+13	73
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72
6	Derby County	46	20	11	15	73	68	0+5	71

After just missing out on the playoffs a year earlier, Millwall made a stronger challenge for promotion to the Premier League this time around, finishing third and qualifying for the playoffs. Leicester City, beaten finalists in the previous two seasons, qualified for the playoffs by finishing fourth. Tranmere Rovers, who had just missed out on a place in the League Cup final, made another strong challenge in the league and qualified for the playoffs for the second season running. The final playoff place went to Derby County.

The final ended up being an East Midlands clash as Leicester and Derby won in the semi-finals, and Leicester secured promotion after seven years outside the flight by winning the final 2-1 with both of their goals coming from long-serving Steve Walsh. The final was Leicester's seventh appearance at Wembley but the first game they had won there.