Every 2001-02 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 11, 2001 to April 21, 2002.
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EFL Championship standings, 2001-02
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Manchester City (MCI)
31
6
9
+56
99
8-1-1
W5
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
27
8
11
+32
89
8-2-0
W2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
25
11
10
+33
86
3-4-3
D1
Millwall (MIL)
22
11
13
+21
77
5-1-4
W3
Birmingham City (BIR)
21
13
12
+21
76
5-5-0
W1
Norwich City (NOR)
22
9
15
+9
75
5-3-2
W2
Burnley (BUR)
21
12
13
+8
75
4-2-4
W1
Preston North End (PNE)
20
12
14
+12
72
5-1-4
W1
Wimbledon (WIM)
18
13
15
+6
67
5-1-4
L3
Crystal Palace (CRY)
20
6
20
+8
66
2-3-5
L1
Coventry City (COV)
20
6
20
+6
66
2-1-7
L5
Gillingham (GIL)
18
10
18
-3
64
5-2-3
W1
Sheffield United (SHU)
15
15
16
-1
60
3-2-5
L2
Watford (WAT)
16
11
19
+6
59
3-2-5
L1
Bradford City (BRD)
15
10
21
-7
55
2-4-4
D1
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
12
18
16
-1
54
2-3-5
L1
Portsmouth (POR)
13
14
19
-12
53
1-5-4
L2
Walsall (WAL)
13
12
21
-20
51
5-4-1
D1
Grimsby Town (GRI)
12
14
20
-22
50
4-3-3
L1
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
12
14
20
-22
50
3-4-3
D1
Rotherham United (ROT)
10
19
17
-14
49
0-6-4
L1
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
12
13
21
-29
49
1-4-5
W1
Barnsley (BAR)
11
15
20
-27
48
3-2-5
W1
Stockport County (SPT)
6
8
32
-60
26
4-0-6
L1
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.
Manchester City trailed by as many as 10 points on November 23, 2001.
Manchester City took first place for good on March 12, 2002.
Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7 games in a row from February 2, 2002 to March 2, 2002, the longest run of the race.
Wolverhampton Wanderers led by 8 points as late as March 2, 2002.
Manchester City went 8-1-1 from March 2, 2002 to April 6, 2002, turning a deficit of 8 points into a lead of 11 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 94 of the 140 days played.
Eight teams held first place.
Manchester City spent 97 of the season's 254 charted days in first place.