Sunderland won the 2006-07 EFL Championship promotion and relegation race on 88 points, 2 points ahead of Birmingham City. It came down to the final days: Sunderland did not lead for good until May 6, 2007. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United finished in the relegation places.
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EFL Championship standings, 2006-07
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Sunderland (SUN)
27
7
12
+29
88
8-1-1
W2
Birmingham City (BIR)
26
8
12
+25
86
5-1-4
L1
Derby County (DER)
25
9
12
+16
84
4-3-3
W1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
22
10
14
+26
76
4-1-5
W2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
22
10
14
+3
76
4-2-4
W2
Southampton (SOU)
21
12
13
+24
75
5-1-4
W3
Preston North End (PNE)
22
8
16
+11
74
4-0-6
W1
Stoke City (STK)
19
16
11
+21
73
5-4-1
D1
Sheffield Wednesday (SHW)
20
11
15
+4
71
7-2-1
W1
Colchester United (COL)
20
9
17
+14
69
5-2-3
L2
Plymouth Argyle (PLY)
17
16
13
+1
67
6-0-4
W5
Crystal Palace (CRY)
18
11
17
+8
65
5-1-4
W2
Cardiff City (CAR)
17
13
16
+4
64
1-2-7
L3
Ipswich Town (IPS)
18
8
20
+5
62
5-2-3
W1
Burnley (BUR)
15
12
19
+3
57
5-1-4
L2
Norwich City (NOR)
16
9
21
-15
57
4-1-5
L2
Coventry City (COV)
16
8
22
-15
56
3-2-5
W1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
14
11
21
-14
53
5-2-3
D1
Leicester City (LEI)
13
14
19
-15
53
2-2-6
L1
Barnsley (BAR)
15
5
26
-32
50
4-0-6
L2
Hull City (HUL)
13
10
23
-16
49
4-2-4
L1
Southend United (SEN)
10
12
24
-33
42
3-1-6
L4
Luton Town (LUT)
10
10
26
-28
40
1-1-8
L1
Leeds United (LEE)
13
7
26
-26
36
4-3-3
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 22 times.
Sunderland trailed by as many as 16 points on October 17, 2006.
Sunderland took first place for good on May 6, 2007.
Derby County won 6 games in a row from November 1, 2006 to November 29, 2006, the longest run of the race.
Birmingham City led by 9 points as late as December 29, 2006.
Sunderland went 6-1-0 from March 9, 2007 to April 14, 2007, turning a deficit of 7 points into a lead of 4 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 87 of the 111 days played.
Nine teams held first place.
Sunderland spent 15 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.