#	Mannschaft	Mannschaft	Sp.	S	U	N	Tore	Diff.	Pkt.
1	Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	46	28	14	4	100:53	47	98
2	Barnsley FC	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76:55	21	80
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	46	22	10	14	68:51	17	76
4	Ipswich Town	Ipswich	46	20	14	12	68:50	18	74
5	Sheffield United	Sheffield Utd	46	20	13	13	75:52	23	73
6	Crystal Palace	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78:48	30	71
7	Portsmouth FC	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59:53	6	68
8	Port Vale FC	Port Vale FC	46	17	16	13	58:55	3	67
9	Queens Park Rangers	QPR	46	18	12	16	64:60	4	66
10	Birmingham City	Birmingham	46	17	15	14	52:48	4	66
11	Tranmere Rovers	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	14	15	63:56	7	65
12	Stoke City	Stoke City	46	18	10	18	51:57	-6	64
13	Norwich City	Norwich City	46	17	12	17	63:68	-5	63
14	Manchester City	Man City	46	17	10	19	59:60	-1	61
15	Charlton Athletic	Charlton Athl.	46	16	11	19	52:66	-14	59
16	West Bromwich Albion	West Brom	46	14	15	17	68:72	-4	57
17	Oxford United	Oxford United	46	16	9	21	64:68	-4	57
18	Reading FC	Reading FC	46	15	12	19	58:67	-9	57
19	Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	46	13	15	18	48:61	-13	54
20	Swindon Town	Swindon Town	46	15	9	22	52:71	-19	54
21	Bradford City	Bradford	46	12	12	22	47:72	-25	48
22	Grimsby Town	Grimsby Town	46	11	13	22	60:81	-21	46
23	Oldham Athletic	Oldham Athletic	46	10	13	23	51:66	-15	43
24	Southend United	Southend United	46	8	15	23	42:86	-44	39

Championship
Fußball
(M)

Aufstellung Stoke City vs. Swindon Town am 14.12.1996 - 23. Spieltag, Championship