Exeter, Northampton, Cheltenham or Colchester? Our Guide To The L2 Play-Offs

The League Two play-offs begin tomorrow evening, with Exeter set to host Colchester at 5.15pm, followed by Northampton and Cheltenham.

After much deliberation, we will finally get to see some Real EFL action, after an absence of three months. It might not resumption of the season, but it is sufficient to put us back in front of the television and begin to assess each side’s potential. Will it be Exeter, who have suffered Wembley heartbreak twice in the last three seasons, or can Cheltenham Town make a return to League One for the first time since 2009?

Last year’s play-off winners Tranmere Rovers will be coming back down, having gone through League Two in a single season. However, the four teams making up the current crop have amassed 20 seasons in the basement division or lower between them, with Northampton the ‘newest’ of the sides, having been relegated in 2016/17. It’s been a long, hard slog for all four teams, but which is going to emerge victorious?

Here is our look at the four challengers.

Gary Hutchinson is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Real EFL, which he launched in 2018 to offer dedicated coverage of the English Football League. A writer for over 20 years, Gary has contributed to Sky Sports and the Lincolnshire Echo, while also authoring Suited and Booted. He also runs The Stacey West and possesses a background in iGaming content strategy and English football betting. Passionate about football journalism, Gary continues to develop The Real EFL into a key authority in the EFL space.

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