League One Play-Offs: Charlton Athletic opponents and how much Wembley Stadium tickets cost

Charlton Athletic picked up a big three points with a 2-1 win over Northampton Town at The Valley on Saturday afternoon, which also confirms that the side will finish in the top six of League One.

The Addicks can still place in the top two, and secure automatic promotion to the Championship but are now guaranteed a spot in the League One play-offs at the very least.

It’s been a fantastic end to the season for the Addicks and, speaking ahead of the Northampton Town clash, manager Nathan Jones labelled that fixture as the club’s biggest in five years. He told CharltonTV: “It’s as an important a game as Charlton have had in many a year, probably since the final game of Covid when they got relegated. It’s probably that important. We’ve put ourselves in a wonderful position, we’ve got to keep hammering home.

“It’s going to be a real tough game, we saw against Lincoln that if we’re not at it, we don’t make the right decisions before, during and after games then we come unstuck. We’ve a week to prepare, then it’s going to be three season-defining days.”

Who will Charlton Athletic play in the League One play-offs?

Who Charlton Athletic play in the League One play-offs will depend on their final position in the table. The Addicks currently sit in 4th after the win against Northampton Town.

Theoretically, the further up the table that Nathan Jones’ side finishes, the more favourable their semi-final fixture. The 3rd place team in League One takes on the side in 6th, the lowest of the play-off spots. That leaves 4th place taking on 5th.

Wycombe Wanderers and Wrexham sit above Charlton Athletic with Stockport County just below as it stands. Three of those four teams will head into the play-offs with one of the clubs to finish 2nd and game automatic promotion.

6th place in League One remains up for grabs. Leyton Orient currently hold the spot on 69 points but can be caught by Bolton Wanderers, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool who are all within nine points of the Berkshire side.

How much would a play-off final ticket at Wembley Stadium cost Charlton Athletic supporters?

Wembley Stadium has confirmed that tickets for the League One play-off final will be sold via relevant competing clubs. The ticketing process remains to be confirmed by Charlton Athletic with that announcement to follow if and when Nathan Jones’ side progress past the semi-final.

For comparison, last season Bolton Wanderers received 36,550 tickets for the East End of Wembley Stadium. The club also sold tickets in the North Stand and South Stand.

Ticket prices for the Bolton tickets last term may not reflect the prices of this season’s play-off final at Wembley Stadium, but were:

• Cat 1 - £86 Adults, £64.50 Young Adult, £43 Over 65, 16 & under
• Cat 2 - £67 Adults, £50.25 Young Adult, £33.50 Over 65, 16 & under
• Cat 3 - £59 Adults, £44.25 Young Adult, £29.50 Over 65, 16 & under
• Cat 4 - £55 Adults, £41.25 Young Adult, £27.50 Over 65, 16 & under
• Cat 5 - £41 Adults, £30.75 Young Adult, £20.50 Over 65, 16 & under
• Cat 6 - £31 Adults, £23.25 Young Adult, £15.50 Over 65, 16 & under

When is the League One play-off semi-final and final?

The EFL has booked the first leg of the League One play-off semi-final in for Saturday, May 10. 6th place vs 3rd place will kick off at 12:30 pm with 5th place vs 4th place following at 7:45 pm.

The second legs of the semi finals will then take place on Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15th. Both of these will kick off at 8 pm with 3rd and 6th place on the Wednesday and 4th and 5th place on the Thursday.

The League One play-off final will be held at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, May 25, over the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend.

League One promotion prize money

As per 90min last season, the winner of the League One play offs do not receive any extra payments but that success can be lucrative with the financial injection that comes from playing in the Championship. There’s some debate over the actual sum that gets offered, with plenty discussion over the New Deal with the Premier League, but it is around as follows.

When basic awards are combined with solidarity payments from the Premier League, League One clubs receive around £1.4 million at the start of the season. That figure rises to in between £6 million and £7 million for Championship sides, which could represent an immediate £5 million boost for Charlton Athletic or any rival winning promotion.

The Athletic breaks those figures down to League One clubs receiving £780,000 in solidarity payments and £950,000 from the EFL central income - which would come to more like £1.7 million. For the Championship sides, it’s £5.19 million in solidarity money and £3.92 million in central income - coming to £9.1 million.

Even if Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient or rivals were to achieve promotion to the Championship and then come straight back down to League One, they would benefit from a parachute payment too. The clubs relegated from the Championship receive around £3.2 million, which is partly what helped to fund the Birmingham City summer of spending last year.

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