Claim: Crystal Palace F.C. is a sports team.

The English Football League play-offs are an annual series of football matches to determine the final promotion places within each division of the English Football League . In each division it involves the four teams that finish directly below the automatic promotion places . These teams meet in a series of play-off matches to determine the final team that will be promoted .   The play-offs were first introduced in 1987 and have been staged at the conclusion of every season since . Since 1990 the winners of each division 's play-off competition have been determined in a one-off final .