History was made in the Football League play-off semi-finals as all the best-placed teams were beaten for the first time. Gale Sayers Womens Jersey . Brighton, Walsall and Accrington Stanley all suffered play-off heartbreak, losing to Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and AFC Wimbledon respectively.The Seagulls had finished 15 points ahead of Wednesday in the Championship, Walsall 10 points ahead of Barnsley in League One and Accrington 10 clear of the Dons in League Two. But, for the first time in the play-offs, none of the three teams who finished highest made the final.The last third-placed team to miss out on the Championship final was Nottingham Forest in 2009/10 while in League One it was MK Dons in 2008/09, with the final for the last five seasons being contested by third vs fourth.The previous two sides to finish fourth in League Two (where there are three automatic promotion positions) had made the final, but the five before them had all missed out. Watch highlights as Brighton drew with Sheffield Wednesday in their second leg Since the introduction of the play-offs in 1987 there have been several examples of teams missing out on promotion after finishing well ahead of their rivals in the regular season.However, the stats before this years play-offs favoured progress for at least one of Brighton, Walsall or Accrington.In fact, 39.5% of the teams that had finished in the top play-off place across the three divisions had been promoted. Barnsley reached the League One final after a thumping win over Walsall Only 21% of teams in the second play-off spot had been successful while those in the bottom two places went up 19.8% of the time.In the Championship, 37% of the sides who had finished third were promoted, with Norwich, West Ham and Swansea all going up to the Premier League in recent seasons after missing out on the top two.A good omen for Sheffield Wednesday is that the last three sides to finish sixth and reach the final have all gone on to win promotion, while only once in the last 17 seasons has the team finishing fourth - Hull this year - gone up. AFC Wimbledon made it past Accrington in League Two In League One, where Walsall missed out on second place by a point, the play-offs have proved more unpredictable in the past.Before this year, teams in third had gone up 33.30% of the time, a slightly better success rate than those in fourth (25.90%), fifth (18.50%) and sixth (22.20%).But Accrington had more reason to be optimistic as almost half (48.10%) of the teams that had finished fourth in League Two had gone up through the play-offs.Those in fifth (18.50%), sixth (14.80%) and seventh (18.50%) had not enjoyed anywhere near as much success.Who will win promotion this year from the play-offs? Watch all the finals live on Sky Sports, starting with Hull v Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, May 28. Also See: FL proposes shake-up Proposals explained Lower-league clubs criticise FL Live on Sky Mitchell Trubisky Bears Jersey . 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Germany is already without half-dozen players, due to injury or bad form. http://www.chicagobearfootballauthentic.com/authentic-devin-hester-bears-jersey/ . -- Cam Newton pranced into the end zone, placed his hands over his chest and did his familiar Superman pose.NEW YORK, N.Y. - Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks walked off the court, and for the first time in weeks it wasnt with heads hanging.The sound of boos that had provided the audio at Madison Square Garden was replaced by the voice of James Brown singing I feel good!The Knicks finally got to feel that way again.New York snapped its 16-game losing streak Monday, getting 24 points and nine rebounds from Anthony to beat the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans 99-92.Jose Calderon made his biggest basket of a difficult first season in New York, a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left that gave the Knicks a four-point lead. That was enough to help them hold on for their first victory since Dec. 12 and end the longest single-season skid in franchise history.Its tough, man. Its a tough situation. Were human, so were going to feel it, Anthony said. Its definitely emotional when youre losing games like that, but were sticking with it.Langston Galloway added 21 points for the Knicks, who improved the NBAs worst record to 6-36 by ending a 12-game home losing streak.Tyreke Evans had 23 points and nine rebounds for the Pelicans, who were still without Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday. They spotted the Knicks a 15-point lead, cut it to one in the final 2 minutes, but then couldnt score again.They had lost a lot of games in a row and they just said, Enoughs enough, Pelicans guard Quincy Pondexter said.The Knicks hadnt even been competitive lately, losing nine straight by double digits since a Dec. 27 overtime loss in Sacramento. But despite starting two players on 10-day contracts, they controlled this one most of the way.Evans, who provided the go-ahead basket with 1.6 seconds left in the Pelicans 95-93 victory at Toronto on Sunday, brought them back Monday with a series of drives to the basket, the last one making it 93-92 with 1:56 to play.Ryan Anderson missed a 3-pointer that wouldve given New Orleans the lead, and the Pelicans looked as though they would get the ball back when Galloway was losing his dribble out by the arc with the shot clock rrunning down. Mike Singletary Jersey. . But the ball got to Lou Amundson inside, who was fouled just before the shot clock expired.The Knicks retained possession and got the ball to Calderon, whose shot from the corner was just his second basket in 10 attempts.Galloway just signed his second 10-day deal. Amundson and Lance Thomas are near the end of their first, hoping they can stick around — and spark a turnaround.Its a tough situation to be in, Amundson said. I think theres a bunch of great guys here, theyre all good-character guys and they want to win, they want to do the right things, play the right way, but when you lose that many games its hard, you kind of let that negativity creep in. So if I can be part of changing that, its great.Back from a trip to London, where they were beaten by Milwaukee on Thursday, the Knicks won at Madison Square Garden for the first time since defeating Philadelphia on Nov. 22.They had already surpassed their worst skid in one season of 12 straight defeats and were nearing the overall franchise record of 20 in a row over two seasons.Everybody looks at the Knicks roster and says theyre not talented. But, theyre working hard, so it was tough for us to overcome them tonight, said Pelicans guard Eric Gordon, who had 20 points.___TIP-INSPelicans: New Orleans finished 2-3 on its Eastern trip. ... Anderson was 4 for 17, going 3 of 13 behind the arc. ... Without Davis (sprained left toe) and Holiday (right ankle inflammation), the Pelicans were missing their leaders in points, rebounds and assists.Knicks: New York hadnt practiced since returning from London. The Knicks were supposed to practice Sunday, but it was cancelled because of icy road conditions. ... Cleanthony Early was inactive after coach Derek Fisher said the rookie turned his ankle working out Saturday.ANOTHER STREAK SNAPPEDThe Knicks had dropped their last four games on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. They improved to 19-10 on the holiday.UP NEXTPelicans: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.Knicks: Visit Philadelphia on Wednesday. ' ' '