Newcastle United won the 2009-10 EFL Championship title on 102 points, 11 points ahead of West Bromwich Albion. In 2009-10 this division was called the Football League Championship. It has been the EFL Championship since 2016. Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United finished in the relegation places.
The three dashed lines are the automatic promotion pace, the play-off pace, and the relegation line. Crystal Palace were docked 10 points on January 28, 2010.
Clinch key
o
clinched a play-off place
a
promoted automatically
c
clinched the title
r
relegated
Turning points
The lead changed hands 21 times.
Newcastle United trailed by as many as 3 points on August 18, 2009.
Newcastle United took first place for good on February 17, 2010.
Newcastle United won 7 games in a row twice, the longest run of the race.
Newcastle United went 5-1-0 from November 23, 2009 to December 20, 2009, 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 59 of the 100 days played.
Six clubs held or shared first place.
Newcastle United held first place for 78 straight days, the season's longest run.
Newcastle United spent 217 of the season's 269 charted days in first place.