Championship Round 24

Oldham Athletic AFC

1

Oldham Athletic AFC

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Manchester City

Manchester City

1

21 DEC 1996

Full-time

Championship table in 1997

Table

Total
Home
Away

			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Bolton Wanderers D D D V V	46	25 -2	12	10	3	50	35	+15
2		Sheffield United D V D V D	45	25 -2	13	6	6	40	24	+16
3		Barnsley V V V D V	44	24 -3	12	8	4	42	26	+16
4		Crystal Palace D D D V D	37	22 -5	10	7	5	44	21	+23
5		Port Vale V V V V D	37	26 -1	9	10	7	29	26	+3
6		Wolves D D V V D	36	23 -4	10	6	7	32	22	+10
7		Oxford United D V D D V	36	25 -2	10	6	9	35	27	+8
8		Norwich City D D D D V	35	23 -4	10	5	8	33	33	0
9		Huddersfield Town D D D V V	35	27	9	8	10	32	35	-3
10		Ipswich Town V D V D D	34	27	8	10	9	34	38	-4
11		Swindon Town V D D D V	33	25 -2	10	3	12	35	32	+3
12		West Bromwich Albion D V D D V	33	25 -2	7	12	6	42	40	+2
13		Portsmouth D V D D V	33	26 -1	9	6	11	30	31	-1
14		Stoke City V V D V D	33	22 -5	9	6	7	28	31	-3
15		Queens Park Rangers V V V V D	33	24 -3	9	6	9	30	34	-4
16		Charlton Athletic D D V D D	31	25 -2	9	4	12	26	34	-8
17		Birmingham City V D V D D	30	19 -8	8	6	5	20	17	+3
18		Tranmere Rovers V D D D D	30	23 -4	8	6	9	31	30	+1
19		Reading D D D D D	28	24 -3	7	7	10	27	35	-8
20		Oldham Athletic AFC D D V V D	26	24 -3	6	8	10	28	31	-3
21		Southend United D D D D D	24	24 -3	5	9	10	25	42	-17
22		Manchester City V D D D D	23	23 -4	7	2	14	23	36	-13
23		Bradford City D D D D D	23	24 -3	5	8	11	21	38	-17
24		Grimsby Town D D V D D	17	21 -6	4	5	12	23	42	-19

Key

Playoff

Relegation

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

Key

Playoff

Relegation

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

Key

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