Mainz had finished just outside the promotion places and had their sights set on a return to the top flight.
Norwich have been quick to pinpoint Neil as a replacement for Neil Adams, who quit following their weekend FA Cup defeat by Preston, and with his team sitting just outside the promotion play-off places.
They finished fifth, which put them outside the promotion play-off places, but because the club that finished above them, Real Madrid B, cannot play in the same division as their parent club, Extremadura took their place in the play-off.
Middlesbrough's draw at Burnley leaves Brighton two points outside the promotion play-off positions.
Hampshire's win over Northants means Gale's side are 10 points outside the promotion places with three games remaining, despite being unbeaten in the competition this season.
And under his captaincy they narrowly missed out on qualification for the semi-finals of the YB40 and look set to finish the season just outside the promotion places in Division Two.
But outside of promotions centered on big events, such as AOL's luring sponsorship dollars from Verizon for the Super Bowl and Audi for college basketball's March Madness, advertisers aren't showing many signs of jumping in.
We will present some examples from outside the health promotion field further below, such as safety promotion, energy conservation, and academic achievements.
An outside bet for promotion might be Fulham.
Three points further behind and outside the automatic promotion places were Norwich (86pts), who will join Middlesbrough (85pts), Brentford (78pts) and Ipswich (78pts) in the play-offs.
