BURNLEY chairman Barry Kilby today revealed that the Football League is considering a major shake-up of the play-off system and he admitted: "I like the look of the proposals."

In an effort to make the end of season even more dramatic, there are proposals to extend the play-off zone down to eighth place but taking away the situation where the sides finishing third and fourth are faced with two-legged semi-finals.

Kilby explained: "The matter is only up for discussion at the moment but as a club we certainly feel a close look at a change is merited.

"In this system the top two would be promoted as of right, as they are now, while the teams in third and fourth place would be guaranteed a one-off home game with a place in the final at stake.

"Their opponents would be decided by matches between the side finishing fifth and the side finishing eighth and the teams placed sixth and seventh.

"Again the higher placed side would have home advantage in a one-off game."

Critics will be concerned that there could be a scenario where a team finishing eighth actually ends up in the Premiership but Kilby claimed: "To do that they would have to win two away games and then the final.

"As it is, there is a history of the team finishing third being undone by the team finishing sixth, as happened with Wolves and Norwich last season, and a new format would lessen the likelihood of that happening.

"No longer could a lower placed team gain an advantage at home and then defend it in the away leg.

"With this proposed system you would have the same number of matches but every one would be sudden death making it a a better spectacle for television. Also it would help to keep the season alive for more clubs which would help to boost revenue through increased gates."