Every 1997-98 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 9, 1997 to May 3, 1998.
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EFL Championship standings, 1997-98
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
28
10
8
+40
94
7-2-1
D1
Middlesbrough (MID)
27
10
9
+36
91
6-2-2
W1
Sunderland (SUN)
26
12
8
+36
90
6-3-1
W1
Charlton Athletic (CHA)
26
10
10
+31
88
8-2-0
D1
Ipswich Town (IPS)
23
14
9
+34
83
8-1-1
W5
Birmingham City (BIR)
19
17
10
+25
74
4-5-1
D1
Sheffield United (SHU)
19
17
10
+15
74
3-3-4
L2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
18
11
17
+4
65
2-3-5
L1
Stockport County (SPT)
19
8
19
+2
65
3-2-5
W2
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
16
13
17
-6
61
2-5-3
D1
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
18
5
23
-7
59
4-0-6
L1
Oxford United (OXF)
16
10
20
-4
58
4-2-4
L2
Bradford City (BRD)
14
15
17
-13
57
2-3-5
L2
Tranmere Rovers (TRA)
14
14
18
-3
56
4-4-2
W1
Norwich City (NOR)
14
13
19
-17
55
3-2-5
W2
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
14
11
21
-22
53
5-2-3
L2
Bury (BUY)
11
19
16
-16
52
4-1-5
W1
Swindon Town (SWI)
14
10
22
-31
52
1-3-6
L3
Port Vale (PVL)
13
10
23
-10
49
4-2-4
W1
Portsmouth (POR)
13
10
23
-12
49
2-3-5
W2
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
10
19
17
-12
49
0-6-4
L1
Manchester City (MCI)
12
12
22
-1
48
2-3-5
W1
Stoke City (STK)
11
13
22
-30
46
3-0-7
L2
Reading (REA)
11
9
26
-39
42
1-0-9
L5
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace (2nd), the play-off pace (6th), and the relegation line.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 17 times.
Nottingham Forest trailed by as many as 3 points on November 8, 1997.
Nottingham Forest took first place for good on March 1, 1998.
Charlton Athletic won 8 games in a row from March 21, 1998 to April 25, 1998, the longest run of the race.
Swindon Town led by 3 points as late as November 14, 1997.
Nottingham Forest went 8-0-2 from February 28, 1998 to April 13, 1998, turning a deficit of 3 points into a lead of 8 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 96 of the 120 days played.
Nine teams held first place.
Nottingham Forest spent 184 of the season's 268 charted days in first place.