EXPANDING the play-offs to six teams and staging the final at Wembley will help “spice up” Vanarama National League North, admits Worcester City captain Danny Jackman.

The ideas have been floated by National League bosses following the unveiling of their four-year strategy to grow the game.

Chief executive Michael Tattersall and his board are considering opening the end-of-season competition up to clubs finishing in sixth and seventh position.

It has also been revealed the league are weighing up the possibility of staging a triple-header at Wembley Stadium, with all three play-off finals taking place on the same day.

Clubs are being asked for their views on both proposals and Jackman says they would get his full support.

He thinks a ‘six club play-off’, which could be introduced by the 2017/18 season, would make the league more competitive.

“You saw a lot of clubs last year put a run together towards the end of the season and they slipped into those (sixth and seventh) places,” he said.

“It would make it a lot more competitive as there are a lot of teams who don’t have anything to play for, especially in the top half of the league, with only one team going up automatically.

“I think it would be a good thing.”

As part of the play-off expansion plans, all ties would be one leg, with the teams in second and third going straight into the semi-finals.

“In an ideal world, it would be great if the first and second team went up and then one play-off team as well,” Jackman added.

“But that won’t happen, so this is a way of spicing it up a bit.”

The Growing Our Game strategy was launched earlier this month and outlined the league’s ambitions between 2016 and 2020.

Along with increasing attendances from 1.5million to 1.7million and generating further revenue and television exposure, football chiefs have set out with the ambition of holding the play-off finals at Wembley Stadium next season.

Jackman admitted it would be an “incredible” opportunity and give clubs like Worcester another chance to get to the country’s national stadium.

“It is something that I have not managed to achieve yet, so even for me it would be a massive carrot to aim for,” said the 33-year-old who played at Millennium Stadium with Cambridge United in the 2002 LDV Vans Trophy final while the new Wembley was being built.

“A friend of mine was the assistant manager at Grimsby last season and they appeared in the play-off final and in the Trophy final.

“That was pretty incredible for him and it is something I want to experience as well.

“I played at the Millennium Stadium which that’s pretty good, so to try and get to the new Wembley would be unreal.

“Yes, it is always great to get into the National League, but playing at Wembley is an added extra and it is what most of us strive for.”