Championship review

A Jason Scotland double and a Jordi Gomez strike late on confirmed an inspiring win for the Swans as they make a surge for the play-offs and are now real contenders. Reading, Birmingham and Wolves all dropped points once again. Three games fell victim to the weather. Below are the results from the games which went ahead:

Saturday 7th February 2009:

Birmingham 1:1 Burnley
Blackpool 2:3 Doncaster
Coventry 2:1 Wolves
Norwich 1:2 Bristol City
Forest 2:2 QPR
Plymouth 0:3 Derby
Reading 0:0 Preston
Sheff U 1:2 Sheff W
Swansea 3:0 Ipswich

The current table is below:

Latest match Saturday, 7th February 2009 Pld Home Away Overall Pts EP W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 11 3 2 35 17 8 3 5 29 25 19 6 7 64 42 63 +22 2 Reading 31 12 3 1 37 8 5 5 5 21 18 17 8 6 58 26 59 +32 3 Birmingham City 31 10 3 3 21 13 6 6 3 17 15 16 9 6 38 28 57 +10 4 Cardiff City 29 9 3 2 23 11 4 9 2 18 15 13 12 4 41 26 51 +15 5 Sheffield United 32 7 4 5 22 16 7 5 4 21 13 14 9 9 43 29 51 +14 6 Preston North End 32 11 2 3 24 14 3 6 7 19 25 14 8 10 43 39 50 +4 7 Swansea City 31 7 8 1 31 15 4 7 4 15 18 11 15 5 46 33 48 +13 8 Bristol City 31 5 8 3 22 19 7 3 5 18 17 12 11 8 40 36 47 +4 9 Queens Park Rangers 31 9 4 2 21 12 3 7 6 12 17 12 11 8 33 29 47 +4 10 Burnley 31 8 4 3 23 16 5 4 7 21 28 13 8 10 44 44 47 0 11 Ipswich Town 31 5 6 4 20 14 6 4 6 22 20 11 10 10 42 34 43 +8 12 Sheffield Wednesday 31 8 5 2 20 9 3 4 9 14 34 11 9 11 34 43 42 -9 13 Crystal Palace 29 7 4 4 22 14 4 3 7 17 20 11 7 11 39 34 40 +5 14 Coventry City 31 6 5 5 20 20 4 5 6 15 18 10 10 11 35 38 40 -3 15 Blackpool 31 4 5 7 19 25 5 5 5 13 16 9 10 12 32 41 37 -9 16 Derby County 30 6 4 5 19 16 3 4 8 14 25 9 8 13 33 41 35 -8 17 Plymouth Argyle 31 5 3 7 18 20 4 5 7 10 17 9 8 14 28 37 35 -9 18 Nottingham Forest 31 4 6 6 16 19 4 4 7 18 24 8 10 13 34 43 34 -9 19 Doncaster Rovers 30 4 5 5 7 10 5 2 9 17 25 9 7 14 24 35 34 -11 20 Norwich City 32 6 4 6 28 22 2 4 10 15 29 8 8 16 43 51 32 -8 21 Barnsley 30 6 3 6 19 15 3 2 10 10 26 9 5 16 29 41 32 -12 22 Watford 30 7 3 5 28 24 1 3 11 14 29 8 6 16 42 53 30 -11 23 Southampton 31 1 7 8 13 22 5 3 7 16 26 6 10 15 29 48 28 -19 24 Charlton Athletic 31 4 4 7 20 27 1 3 12 12 28 5 7 19 32 55 22 -23

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Position ordering Teams level on both goal difference and goals scored are initially ordered according to the results of any matches played between one another.