Results December 26th
| Barnsley | 1 | - | 0 | Burnley | FT |
Devaney 30 | |||||
| Birmingham | 2 | - | 1 | QPR | FT |
Upson 22 Jerome 62 | Cook 31 | ||||
| Cardiff | 2 | - | 2 | Plymouth | FT |
Thompson 47 , 52 | Norris 34 , 59 | ||||
| Colchester | 4 | - | 1 | Luton | FT |
McLeod 23 Iwelumo 41 , 65 Garcia 59 | Vine pen 85 | ||||
| Coventry | 1 | - | 2 | Ipswich | FT |
Doyle 90 | Macken 62 Lee 85 | ||||
| Derby | 0 | - | 2 | Wolverhampton | FT |
George Olofinjana 66 Kightly 90 | |||||
| Hull | 1 | - | 2 | Leicester | FT |
Fagan 45 | Kisnorbo 55 Williams 68 | ||||
| Norwich | 0 | - | 0 | Southend | FT |
| Southampton | 1 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace | FT |
Baird 47 | McAnuff 54 | ||||
| Stoke | 1 | - | 2 | Sheff Wed | FT |
Sidibe 60 | MacLean 35 Burton 79 | ||||
| Sunderland | 2 | - | 0 | Leeds | FT |
Connolly 65 Leadbitter 81 | |||||
| West Brom | 4 | - | 2 | Preston | FT |
Koumas 6 Kamara 25 Ellington 75 , 87 | Alexander pen 35 Nugent 67 |
| Home | Away | Pts | Goal Diff | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| Birmingham | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 52 | 21 |
| Preston | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 |
| Derby | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 6 |
| Southampton | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 41 | 10 |
| Cardiff | 25 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 8 |
| West Brom | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 17 |
| Colchester | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 40 | 15 |
| Stoke | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 12 |
| Wolverhampton | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 39 | -2 |
| Burnley | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 6 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 3 |
| Sheff Wed | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 0 |
| Plymouth | 25 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 0 |
| Coventry | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 33 | -5 |
| Ipswich | 25 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 1 |
| Leicester | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -4 |
| Norwich | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 31 | -7 |
| Crystal Palace | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -3 |
| Luton | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 29 | -10 |
| QPR | 25 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 27 | -7 |
| Barnsley | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 26 | -13 |
| Hull | 25 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 21 | -14 |
| Leeds | 25 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 21 | -21 |
| Southend | 25 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 17 | -25 |