Sunderland won the 1998-99 EFL Championship promotion and relegation race on 105 points, 18 points ahead of Bradford City. Port Vale, Oxford United and Bristol City finished in the relegation places.
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EFL Championship standings, 1998-99
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Sunderland (SUN)
31
12
3
+63
105
8-2-0
W2
Bradford City (BRD)
26
9
11
+35
87
6-2-2
W1
Ipswich Town (IPS)
26
8
12
+37
86
6-1-3
W1
Birmingham City (BIR)
23
12
11
+29
81
5-2-3
L1
Watford (WAT)
21
14
11
+9
77
7-3-0
W1
Bolton Wanderers (BOL)
20
16
10
+19
76
3-3-4
W1
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
19
16
11
+21
73
4-5-1
L1
Sheffield United (SHU)
18
13
15
+5
67
4-2-4
L1
Norwich City (NOR)
15
17
14
+1
62
3-5-2
L1
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
15
16
15
-9
61
1-5-4
D2
Grimsby Town (GRI)
17
10
19
-12
61
2-2-6
L1
Barnsley (BAR)
14
17
15
+3
59
5-2-3
W1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
16
11
19
-7
59
1-3-6
L1
Crystal Palace (CRY)
14
16
16
-13
58
3-4-3
L1
Tranmere Rovers (TRA)
12
20
14
+2
56
2-5-3
W1
Stockport County (SPT)
12
17
17
-11
53
2-4-4
L4
Swindon Town (SWI)
13
11
22
-22
50
3-1-6
L2
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
12
12
22
-24
48
4-3-3
D1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
12
11
23
-9
47
3-1-6
W1
Portsmouth (POR)
11
14
21
-16
47
1-3-6
L2
Bury (BUY)
10
17
19
-25
47
3-4-3
W1
Port Vale (PVL)
13
8
25
-30
47
3-3-4
L1
Oxford United (OXF)
10
14
22
-23
44
2-4-4
W1
Bristol City (BRC)
9
15
22
-23
42
4-1-5
W1
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 12 times.
Sunderland trailed by as many as 5 points on October 17, 1998.
Sunderland took first place for good on November 1, 1998.
Sunderland won 6 games in a row from March 2, 1999 to April 3, 1999, the longest run of the race.
Sunderland went 8-0-1 from October 31, 1998 to December 15, 1998, turning a deficit of 1 point into a lead of 10 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 41 of the 112 days played.
Four teams held first place.
Sunderland spent 217 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.