Reading Historical Standings 26th Apr 1997

Nationwide Championship 1996/1997
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Bolton Wanderers 45 97   18 4 1 60 20   10 9 3 38 31
2 Barnsley 45 80   14 4 5 43 19   8 10 4 32 31
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 44 73   10 5 7 31 23   11 5 6 35 26
4 Ipswich Town 45 73   13 6 3 43 22   7 7 9 24 27
5 Sheffield United 45 72   13 5 5 46 23   7 7 8 29 29
6 Crystal Palace 45 70   10 6 6 38 21   9 7 7 39 26
7 Queens Park Rangers 45 66   10 5 8 33 25   8 7 7 31 32
8 Port Vale 44 66   9 9 4 35 26   8 6 8 21 26
9 Portsmouth 45 65   12 4 7 32 24   7 4 11 26 29
10 Birmingham City 45 65   11 7 5 30 18   6 7 9 21 29
11 45 64   10 8 4 40 25   7 5 11 21 29
12 Norwich City 45 63   9 10 4 28 18   8 2 12 35 47
13 Stoke City 45 61   14 3 5 32 21   3 7 13 17 35
14 Manchester City 45 58   11 4 7 31 23   5 6 12 25 35
15 Charlton Athletic 44 58   11 7 4 36 28   5 3 14 16 37
16 West Bromwich Albion 45 57   7 7 9 37 33   7 8 7 30 37
17 Reading 45 57   13 7 3 37 24   2 5 15 19 40
18 Oxford United 45 54   13 3 6 39 25   2 6 15 20 42
19 Huddersfield Town 45 53   10 6 6 28 20   3 8 12 20 41
20 Swindon Town 45 53   11 6 6 36 27   4 2 16 16 44
21 Grimsby Town 45 43   6 7 9 27 34   4 6 13 29 47
22 Bradford City 44 42   8 5 8 25 32   2 7 14 18 40
23 Oldham Athletic 45 40   5 8 9 27 30   4 5 14 21 36
24 45 39   7 9 7 32 32   1 6 15 10 50