Every 2004-05 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 7, 2004 to May 8, 2005.
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EFL Championship standings, 2004-05
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Sunderland (SUN)
29
7
10
+35
94
8-1-1
W3
Wigan Athletic (WIG)
25
12
9
+44
87
5-3-2
W1
Ipswich Town (IPS)
24
13
9
+29
85
5-4-1
D1
Derby County (DER)
22
10
14
+11
76
6-1-3
W1
Preston North End (PNE)
21
12
13
+9
75
4-4-2
L1
West Ham United (WHU)
21
10
15
+10
73
5-4-1
W1
Reading (REA)
19
13
14
+7
70
5-1-4
L3
Sheffield United (SHU)
18
13
15
+1
67
3-4-3
L2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
15
21
10
+13
66
5-5-0
W3
Millwall (MIL)
18
12
16
+6
66
4-3-3
D1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
17
11
18
-4
62
2-4-4
L1
Stoke City (STK)
17
10
19
-2
61
2-1-7
L2
Burnley (BUR)
15
15
16
-1
60
3-2-5
D1
Leeds United (LEE)
14
18
14
-3
60
1-7-2
D1
Leicester City (LEI)
12
21
13
+3
57
3-5-2
D1
Cardiff City (CAR)
13
15
18
-3
54
3-4-3
W1
Plymouth Argyle (PLY)
14
11
21
-12
53
3-3-4
D1
Watford (WAT)
12
16
18
-7
52
2-2-6
L1
Coventry City (COV)
13
13
20
-12
52
3-4-3
L1
Brighton & Hove Albion (BHA)
13
12
21
-25
51
1-4-5
D1
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
12
14
20
-20
50
1-4-5
W1
Gillingham (GIL)
12
14
20
-21
50
2-7-1
D2
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
9
17
20
-24
44
1-5-4
D1
Rotherham United (ROT)
5
14
27
-34
29
2-1-7
D1
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 16 times.
Sunderland trailed by as many as 11 points on October 23, 2004.
Sunderland took first place for good on March 19, 2005.
Sunderland won 8 games in a row from February 22, 2005 to April 5, 2005, the longest run of the race.
Wigan Athletic led by 6 points as late as November 5, 2004.
Sunderland went 7-0-0 from February 21, 2005 to April 2, 2005, turning a deficit of 6 points into a lead of 5 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 88 of the 112 days played.
Eight teams held first place.
Sunderland spent 52 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.