Every 1999-00 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 7, 1999 to May 7, 2000.
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EFL Championship standings, 1999-00
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Charlton Athletic (CHA)c
27
10
9
+34
91
3-4-3
L2
Manchester City (MCI)a
26
11
9
+38
89
7-3-0
W2
Ipswich Town (IPS)o
25
12
9
+29
87
7-1-2
W3
Barnsley (BAR)o
24
10
12
+21
82
5-2-3
L1
Birmingham City (BIR)o
22
11
13
+21
77
5-2-3
D1
Bolton Wanderers (BOL)o
21
13
12
+19
76
8-1-1
W4
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
21
11
14
+16
74
6-1-3
W1
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
21
11
14
+13
74
5-2-3
L2
Fulham (FUL)
17
16
13
+8
67
3-3-4
W1
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
16
18
12
+9
66
4-3-3
W1
Blackburn Rovers (BLB)
15
17
14
+4
62
3-4-3
L2
Norwich City (NOR)
14
15
17
-5
57
3-3-4
L1
Tranmere Rovers (TRA)
15
12
19
-11
57
2-4-4
L1
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
14
14
18
-2
56
4-4-2
W2
Crystal Palace (CRY)
13
15
18
-10
54
3-3-4
W2
Sheffield United (SHU)
13
15
18
-12
54
1-4-5
D1
Stockport County (SPT)
13
15
18
-12
54
2-4-4
L1
Portsmouth (POR)
13
12
21
-11
51
4-3-3
L2
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
14
9
23
-21
51
3-1-6
W1
Grimsby Town (GRI)
13
12
21
-26
51
0-5-5
D1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
10
19
17
-17
49
2-4-4
W1
Walsall (WAL)r
11
13
22
-25
46
3-2-5
L1
Port Vale (PVL)r
7
15
24
-21
36
1-3-6
L3
Swindon Town (SWI)r
8
12
26
-39
36
3-1-6
D1
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace, the play-off pace, and the relegation line.
Clinch key
o
clinched a play-off place
a
promoted
c
clinched the title
r
relegated
Turning points
The lead changed hands 9 times.
Charlton Athletic trailed by as many as 7 points on August 30, 1999.
Charlton Athletic took first place for good on January 11, 2000.
Charlton Athletic won 12 games in a row from December 26, 1999 to March 7, 2000, the longest run of the race.
Manchester City led by 6 points as late as November 5, 1999.
Charlton Athletic went 6-1-1 from February 25, 2000 to March 31, 2000, turning a lead of 5 points into a lead of 16 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 59 of the 116 days played.
Seven teams held first place.
Charlton Athletic spent 142 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.