For all football league clubs, the holy grail is promotion to the Premier League. Only three manage to achieve it each season, but the prize is tantalisingly close for a handful of others, if they reach the Championship play-offs.
This year, a crazy final day of the regular season saw Brentford finish third after a final-day defeat, with Fulham fourth, Cardiff fifth and Swansea taking sixth in unexpected fashion.
The Swans’ dream, however, ended after they were beaten by Brentford in the play-off semi-finals.
And the Bees face Fulham at Wembley.
At the weekend it’s the FA Cup final at London’s famous stadium—but then the promotion battle takes centre stage.
For the Championship play-off final, Tuesday, 4 August is the date to pen in the diary.
The match will be shown on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event, with kick-off set for 7:45 pm (BST).
During the regular campaign, Brentford and Fulham finished level on points; in matches between the sides, the former won 2-0 in June and 1-0 in December.
In usual seasons, the League One and Two finals would take place around the same time – but those have already been played this term.
Wycombe earned promotion to the Championship, while Northampton will step up from League Two to One.
