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Birmingham City and their Championship rivals could have six play-off places to fight for in future after a recent EFL meeting saw an idea to expand the promotion picture brought to the table.

The Championship, League One and League Two currently have an end-of-season play-offs contested by four teams across two two-legged semi-finals and a showpiece final at Wembley.

But it is being proposed that in the Championship at least, the play-offs could become a battle between six teams.

It is proposed that the teams finishing in seventh and eighth will also earn play-off places but they will have to play fifth and sixth to earn a two-legged tie with the sides that finish third and fourth.

The team that finishes fifth would host eighth in a one-off game and the club in sixth w

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