Every 2003-04 EFL Championship race charted day by day: promotion and relegation race. Final standings, from a season that ran August 9, 2003 to May 9, 2004. In 2003-04 this division was called the Football League First Division. It has been the EFL Championship since 2016.
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EFL Championship standings, 2003-04
Team
W
D
L
GD
PTS
L10
Streak
Norwich City (NOR)c
28
10
8
+40
94
8-0-2
W1
West Bromwich Albion (WBA)a
25
11
10
+22
86
6-1-3
L3
Sunderland (SUN)o
22
13
11
+17
79
5-2-3
W2
West Ham United (WHU)o
19
17
10
+22
74
5-2-3
D1
Ipswich Town (IPS)o
21
10
15
+12
73
6-2-2
D2
Crystal Palace (CRY)o
21
10
15
+11
73
7-1-2
L1
Wigan Athletic (WIG)
18
17
11
+15
71
3-4-3
D1
Sheffield United (SHU)
20
11
15
+9
71
3-3-4
D2
Reading (REA)
20
10
16
-2
70
5-1-4
L1
Millwall (MIL)
18
15
13
+7
69
2-4-4
W1
Stoke City (STK)
18
12
16
+3
66
4-2-4
D1
Coventry City (COV)
17
14
15
+13
65
4-1-5
W2
Cardiff City (CAR)
17
14
15
+10
65
4-4-2
D3
Nottingham Forest (NFO)
15
15
16
+3
60
5-4-1
W3
Preston North End (PNE)
15
14
17
-2
59
1-4-5
D1
Watford (WAT)
15
12
19
-14
57
5-2-3
W1
Rotherham United (ROT)
13
15
18
-8
54
3-3-4
L1
Crewe Alexandra (CRE)
14
11
21
-9
53
2-3-5
L1
Burnley (BUR)
13
14
19
-17
53
4-1-5
L2
Derby County (DER)
13
13
20
-14
52
4-2-4
L1
Gillingham (GIL)
14
9
23
-19
51
2-1-7
D1
Walsall (WAL)r
13
12
21
-20
51
3-1-6
W1
Bradford City (BRD)r
10
6
30
-31
36
1-1-8
L5
Wimbledon (WIM)r
8
5
33
-48
29
3-2-5
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.
Norwich City trailed by as many as 7 points on October 18, 2003.
Norwich City took first place for good on April 12, 2004.
Norwich City won 7 games in a row from March 27, 2004 to May 1, 2004, the longest run of the race.
West Bromwich Albion led by 4 points as late as December 12, 2003.
The top two ended the day within three points of each other on 80 of the 89 days played.
Seven clubs held or shared first place.
Norwich City spent 141 of the season's 275 charted days in first place.