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Leading League goalscorer:
Lee Hughes
 (WBA)
 31  goals

Sheffield United are beaten twice by Arsenal in the FA Cup in a unique 5th Round tie.
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   P W D L F A Pts
    Results 1 Sunderland 46 31 12 3 91 28 105 Promoted
    2 Bradford City 46 26 9 11 82 47 87 Promoted
    3 Ipswich Town 46 26 8 12 69 32 86 Play Off
    4 Birmingham City 46 23 12 11 66 37 81 Play Off
    Results 5 Watford 46 21 14 11 65 56 77 Promoted
    6 Bolton Wanderers 46 20 16 10 78 59 76 Play Off
    Results 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 19 16 11 64 43 73
    Results 8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 71 66 67
    Results 9 Norwich City 46 15 17 14 62 61 62
    10 Huddersfield Town 46 15 16 15 62 71 61
    11 Grimsby Town 46 17 10 19 40 52 61
    Results 12 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 11 19 69 76 59
    13 Barnsley 46 14 17 15 59 56 59
    Results 14 Crystal Palace 46 14 16 16 58 71 58
    15 Tranmere Rovers 46 12 20 14 63 61 56
    16 Stockport County 46 12 17 17 49 60 53
    17 Swindon Town 46 13 11 22 59 81 50
    18 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 12 22 54 78 48
    19 Portsmouth 46 11 14 21 57 73 47
    20 Queens Park Rangers 46 12 11 23 52 61 47
    21 Port Vale 46 13 8 25 45 75 47
    22 Bury 46 10 17 19 35 60 47 Relegated
    23 Oxford United 46 10 14 22 48 71 44 Relegated
    24 Bristol City 46 9 15 22 57 80 42 Relegated
   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sun May 16 Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Ipswich Town
Sun May 16 Watford 1 - 0 Birmingham City
2nd Leg
Wed May 19 Ipswich Town 4 - 3 Bolton Wanderers
Thu May 20 Birmingham City 1 - 0 Watford
Aggregate scores
Bolton Wanderers 4 - 4 Ipswich Town
   (Bolton won on away goals)
Watford 1 - 1 Birmingham City
   (Watford won 7-6 on penalties)
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Mon May 31 Watford 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Watford were promoted to the Premier Division
   
     
   
   
   
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 


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