Every 1995-96 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 12, 1995 to May 5, 1996. In 1995-96 this division was called the Football League First Division. It has been the EFL Championship since 2016.
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EFL Championship standings, 1995-96
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Sunderland (SUN)c
22
17
7
+26
83
4-5-1
L1
Derby County (DER)a
21
16
9
+20
79
4-3-3
L1
Crystal Palace (CRY)o
20
15
11
+19
75
5-2-3
L2
Stoke City (STK)o
20
13
13
+11
73
6-1-3
W1
Leicester City (LEI)o
19
14
13
+6
71
7-1-2
W4
Charlton Athletic (CHA)o
17
20
9
+12
71
2-6-2
D2
Ipswich Town (IPS)
19
12
15
+10
69
5-1-4
D1
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
17
12
17
+3
63
3-1-6
L2
Sheffield United (SHU)
16
14
16
+3
62
7-2-1
D1
Barnsley (BAR)
14
18
14
-6
60
1-6-3
D2
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
16
12
18
-8
60
5-4-1
W1
Port Vale (PVL)
15
15
16
-7
60
2-3-5
D1
Tranmere Rovers (TRA)
14
17
15
+4
59
2-6-2
W1
Southend United (SEN)
15
14
17
-9
59
2-4-4
L1
Birmingham City (BIR)
15
13
18
-3
58
3-1-6
L2
Norwich City (NOR)
14
15
17
+4
57
3-3-4
W1
Grimsby Town (GRI)
14
14
18
-14
56
3-2-5
D2
Oldham Athletic (OLD)
14
14
18
+4
56
5-2-3
W2
Reading (REA)
13
17
16
-9
56
5-1-4
W2
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
13
16
17
-6
55
2-4-4
D1
Portsmouth (POR)
13
13
20
-8
52
2-2-6
W1
Millwall (MIL)r
13
13
20
-20
52
2-2-6
D1
Watford (WAT)r
10
18
18
-8
48
4-3-3
L1
Luton Town (LUT)r
11
12
23
-24
45
2-2-6
L1
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 automatically
c
clinched the title
r
relegated
Turning points
The lead changed hands 8 times.
Sunderland trailed by as many as 12 points on January 20, 1996.
Sunderland took first place for good on March 17, 1996.
Sunderland won 9 games in a row from February 20, 1996 to March 30, 1996, the longest run of the race.
Derby County led by 9 points as late as March 2, 1996.
Sunderland went 9-1-0 from February 20, 1996 to April 2, 1996, turning a deficit of 10 points into a lead of 5 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 60 of the 103 days played.
Six clubs held or shared first place.
Sunderland spent 64 of the season's 268 charted days in first place.