Every 1998-99 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 8, 1998 to May 9, 1999. In 1998-99 this division was called the Football League First Division. It has been the EFL Championship since 2016.
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EFL Championship standings, 1998-99
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Sunderland (SUN)c
31
12
3
+63
105
8-2-0
W2
Bradford City (BRD)a
26
9
11
+35
87
6-2-2
W1
Ipswich Town (IPS)o
26
8
12
+37
86
6-1-3
W1
Birmingham City (BIR)o
23
12
11
+29
81
5-2-3
L1
Watford (WAT)o
21
14
11
+9
77
7-3-0
W1
Bolton Wanderers (BOL)o
20
16
10
+19
76
3-3-4
W1
Wolverhampton Wanderers (WOL)
19
16
11
+21
73
4-5-1
L1
Sheffield United (SHU)
18
13
15
+5
67
4-2-4
L1
Norwich City (NOR)
15
17
14
+1
62
3-5-2
L1
Huddersfield Town (HUD)
15
16
15
-9
61
1-5-4
D2
Grimsby Town (GRI)
17
10
19
-12
61
2-2-6
L1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)
16
11
19
-7
59
1-3-6
L1
Barnsley (BAR)
14
17
15
+3
59
5-2-3
W1
Crystal Palace (CRY)
14
16
16
-13
58
3-4-3
L1
Tranmere Rovers (TRA)
12
20
14
+2
56
2-5-3
W1
Stockport County (SPT)
12
17
17
-11
53
2-4-4
L4
Swindon Town (SWI)
13
11
22
-22
50
3-1-6
L2
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
12
12
22
-24
48
4-3-3
D1
Portsmouth (POR)
11
14
21
-16
47
1-3-6
L2
Queens Park Rangers (QPR)
12
11
23
-9
47
3-1-6
W1
Port Vale (PVL)
13
8
25
-30
47
3-3-4
L1
Bury (BUY)r
10
17
19
-25
47
3-4-3
W1
Oxford United (OXF)r
10
14
22
-23
44
2-4-4
W1
Bristol City (BRC)r
9
15
22
-23
42
4-1-5
W1
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 12 times.
Sunderland trailed by as many as 5 points on October 17, 1998.
Sunderland took first place for good on November 1, 1998.
Sunderland, Watford and Bolton Wanderers each won 6 games in a row, the longest run of the race.
Sunderland went 8-0-1 from November 1, 1998 to December 15, 1998, turning a deficit of 1 point into a lead of 10 points.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 41 of the 112 days played.
Five clubs held or shared first place.
Sunderland spent 217 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.