sentences:  Ipswich Town were actually the first team to qualify for the play-offs four times consecutively, finally winning promotion in 2000 after being defeated in the semi-finals during the three preceding seasons.They had also been losing semi-finalists in the inaugural Second Division play-offs in 1987, and were also on the losing side in the Championship semi-finals of 2004, 2005 and 2015.Leicester City (Division One play-off winners in 1994 and 1996) were the first team to win the play-offs twice at this level, their 1994 triumph being the first time in seven attempts that they had won a match at Wembley Stadium, having lost the previous two play-off finals there, as well as four FA Cups between 1949 and 1969.