Automatic promotion places have changed hands as have play-off places. Some teams have emerged from the pack to claim a top six finish and a place in the play-offs.
In one season there was a 16-point swing over the final nine games between a team that jumped from seventh to fifth and a team that dropped from fourth to ninth.
In only two of the last 10 seasons have positions remained largely unaltered on the run in, but never in the last decade has the top of the League One table been so tight in terms of points won at a similar stage.
The current top eight in League One are: 1 Coventry 67pts (34 matches), 2 Rotherham 62 (35), 3 Oxford 60 (35), 4 Portsmouth 60 (35), 5 Fleetwood 60 (35), 6 POSH 59 (35), 7 Sunderland 59 (36), 8 Wycombe 59 (34).
There are just three points between second-placed Rotherham and eighth-placed Wycombe.
Here is how the last 10 seasons panned out. We’ve picked dates when Posh (or MK Dons when Posh were in the Championship) had nine League One matches to play.
The figures in (brackets) are the number of matches played on the date shown.
In one season there was a 16-point swing over the final nine games between a team that jumped from seventh to fifth and a team that dropped from fourth to ninth.
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2014-15: 17/03/15. 1 Bristol City (38), 2 Preston (36), 3 Swindon (37), 4 MK Dons (37), 5 Sheff Utd (36), 6 Barnsley (37). Final table: 1 Bristol City, 2 MK Dons, 3 Preston, 4 Swindon, 5 Sheff Utd, 6 Chesterfield. With 9 games to go MK Dons were 6 points behind Preston having played a game more. They finished 2 points in front of them. and went up automatically. Chesterfield were 3 points and 1 place behind Barnsley, but finished 7 points and 5 places above them! Barnsley slumped to 11th. Photo: PA
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2012-13: 16/03/13. 1 Doncaster (38), 2 Brentford (38), 3 Sheff Utd (37), 4 Bournemouth (39), 5 Swindon (37), 6 Yeovil (37). Final table: 1 Doncaster, 2 Bournemouth, 3 Brentford, 4 Yeovil, 5 Sheff Utd, 6 Swindon. Bournemouth were 3 points behind Brentford having played a game more and 1 point behind Sheffield United having played 2 games more on March 16, but accumulated enough points in their final 7 games to overtake them both and win promotion automatically, finishing 4 points ahead of Brentford and 8 points in front of the Blades. Photo: PA
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2011-12: 20/3/12. 1 Charlton (38), 2 Sheff Utd (38), 3 Sheff Wed (38), 4 Huddersfield (37), 5 MK Dons (37), 6 Carlisle (36). Final table: 1 Charlton, 2 Sheff Wed, 3 Sheff Utd, 4 Huddersfield, 5 MK Dons, 6 Stevenage. Sheff Wed were 2 points behind Sheff Utd with 8 games to go, but finished 3 points in front of their city rivals to go up automatically. Carlisle were 1 point and 1 place ahead of Stevenage with 10 games to go. Stevenage finished 4 points and 2 places ahead of Carlisle who dropped to 8th. . Photo: PA