similarities to 2006

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Reading (C, P)	46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106	Promotion to the FA Premier League
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	26	12	8	76	46	+30	90
3	Watford (O, P)	46	22	15	9	77	53	+24	81	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Preston North End	46	20	20	6	59	30	+29	80
5	Leeds United	46	21	15	10	57	38	+19	78
6	Crystal Palace	46	21	12	13	67	48	+19	75
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	19	11	50	42	+8	67

this season is starting to look like 2005 06
runaway leaders , burnley similar to Reading watford late surge and a feb big win at the lane like Boro and the points spread very similar to now after 30 games

 

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League Championship table after close of play on 17 January 2006​

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading	29	22	6	1	61	15	46	72
2	Sheffield United	29	19	6	4	54	27	27	63
3	Leeds United	28	15	6	7	38	24	14	51
4	Watford	29	13	10	6	46	34	12	49
5	Crystal Palace	27	14	5	8	43	28	15	47
6	Preston North End	28	10	14	4	35	22	13	44
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	10	12	7	34	26	8	42

League Championship table after close of play on 05 February 2006​

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading	32	24	7	1	70	19	51	79
2	Sheffield United	31	21	6	4	58	28	30	69
3	Leeds United	31	17	7	7	44	25	19	58
4	Watford	31	15	10	6	53	37	16	55
5	Crystal Palace	31	15	7	9	45	31	14	52
6	Preston North End	31	12	15	4	39	22	17	51
7	Cardiff City	32	12	9	11	42	38	4	45