Championship . Jor. 42

Ipswich Town

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Oldham Athletic AFC

Oldham Athletic AFC

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05 APR 1997

Full-time

Championship standings in 1997

Table

Total
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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Bolton Wanderers V V V D V	93	43 -2	27	12	4	94	49	+45
2		Barnsley V V D D V	77	44 -1	21	14	9	73	49	+24
3		Ipswich Town V V V V D	70	43 -2	19	13	11	64	49	+15
4		Wolves D V V D V	69	40 -5	20	9	11	62	45	+17
5		Crystal Palace D V D V V	67	41 -4	19	10	12	71	40	+31
6		Sheffield United D V D V D	66	43 -2	18	12	13	65	48	+17
7		Port Vale V V V D D	63	43 -2	16	15	12	54	49	+5
8		Queens Park Rangers D D V V V	62	43 -2	17	11	15	59	56	+3
9		Tranmere Rovers V V D D D	60	42 -3	16	12	14	57	50	+7
10		Stoke City D D V D V	60	41 -4	17	9	15	47	49	-2
11		Portsmouth V D D V D	59	43 -2	17	8	18	55	53	+2
12		Birmingham City D D V V D	57	40 -5	15	12	13	43	42	+1
13		West Bromwich Albion V V D V D	56	43 -2	14	14	15	66	66	0
14		Norwich City V D D D D	56	40 -5	15	11	14	57	59	-2
15		Charlton Athletic D V D D D	56	45	15	11	19	51	66	-15
16		Oxford United D D D V D	53	44 -1	15	8	21	57	65	-8
17		Swindon Town D D D D D	53	43 -2	15	8	20	52	64	-12
18		Huddersfield Town V D D D V	52	43 -2	13	13	17	47	59	-12
19		Manchester City V D D D V	49	41 -4	13	10	18	47	54	-7
20		Reading D D D V D	46	39 -6	12	10	17	49	57	-8
21		Bradford City D D D D V	41	41 -4	10	11	20	39	66	-27
22		Oldham Athletic AFC D D D D D	38	41 -4	9	11	21	45	61	-16
23		Grimsby Town D D V D D	38	41 -4	9	11	21	51	77	-26
24		Southend United V D D D D	37	41 -4	8	13	20	42	74	-32

Key

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Relegation

			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Bolton Wanderers	55	22	17	4	1	52	19	+33
2		Ipswich Town	46	23	13	7	3	41	22	+19
3		Barnsley	46	23	14	4	5	37	19	+18
4		Stoke City	44	21	14	2	5	30	21	+9
5		Oxford United	42	22	13	3	6	37	25	+12
6		Swindon Town	39	22	11	6	5	36	21	+15
7		Charlton Athletic	38	22	10	8	4	34	27	+7
8		Sheffield United	37	20	11	4	5	42	23	+19
9		Portsmouth	37	22	11	4	7	31	20	+11
10		Reading	36	19	10	6	3	33	23	+10
11		Huddersfield Town	36	22	10	6	6	28	20	+8
12		Crystal Palace	34	20	10	4	6	37	20	+17
13		Tranmere Rovers	34	20	9	7	4	39	24	+15
14		Port Vale	33	22	8	9	5	32	24	+8
15		Birmingham City	32	19	9	5	5	27	18	+9
16		Queens Park Rangers	32	22	9	5	8	28	25	+3
17		Manchester City	31	19	9	4	6	31	20	+11
18		Norwich City	30	20	7	9	4	26	18	+8
19		Southend United	29	22	7	8	7	30	29	+1
20		Wolves	28	19	8	4	7	27	22	+5
21		Bradford City	28	20	8	4	8	26	30	-4
22		West Bromwich Albion	27	20	7	6	7	34	30	+4
23		Oldham Athletic AFC	23	22	5	8	9	27	30	-3
24		Grimsby Town	22	21	5	7	9	25	34	-9

Key

Playoff

Relegation

			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Wolves	41	21	12	5	4	34	24	+10
2		Bolton Wanderers	38	21	10	8	3	38	31	+7
3		Crystal Palace	33	21	9	6	6	37	23	+14
4		Barnsley	31	21	7	10	4	31	30	+1
5		Port Vale	30	21	8	6	7	21	24	-3
6		Queens Park Rangers	30	21	8	6	7	28	32	-4
7		Sheffield United	29	23	7	8	8	28	28	0
8		West Bromwich Albion	29	23	7	8	8	30	37	-7
9		Tranmere Rovers	26	22	7	5	10	18	26	-8
10		Norwich City	26	20	8	2	10	35	45	-10
11		Birmingham City	25	21	6	7	8	19	29	-10
12		Ipswich Town	24	20	6	6	8	19	27	-8
13		Portsmouth	22	21	6	4	11	25	27	-2
14		Manchester City	18	22	4	6	12	22	34	-12
15		Charlton Athletic	18	23	5	3	15	15	30	-15
16		Grimsby Town	16	20	4	4	12	29	42	-13
17		Stoke City	16	20	3	7	10	17	32	-15
18		Huddersfield Town	16	21	3	7	11	18	39	-21
19		Oldham Athletic AFC	15	19	4	3	12	19	31	-12
20		Swindon Town	14	21	4	2	15	16	42	-26
21		Bradford City	13	21	2	7	12	17	37	-20
22		Oxford United	11	22	2	5	15	20	36	-16
23		Reading	10	20	2	4	14	19	38	-19
24		Southend United	8	19	1	5	13	9	46	-37

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