Big points gaps in the Championship for promotion

[El Presidente]

ELEVEN points, ELEVEN points ahead with 19 games remaining?

When was the last time did a pursuing team catch up with such a gap in the Championship?

The answer is (sort of) last season.

Boro were 8 points ahead of the Albion with a game in hand at the same stage, but by the end of the season we were neck and neck with a match to go.

 

[Nixonator]

Hopefully Chris won't decide not to manage us for a game to show his worth, or bring in an unsettling signing.

 

[Bob'n'weave]

This is the type of thing that I want the chasing pack to be thinking about, not us.

 

[spence]

Nice explanation on the banning of Timothy.Made me laugh. 9/10

 

[Surrey Phil]

We'll know by the end of February as we have tough fixtures coming up but I think us & the Geordie boys may well pull away even further!!!

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Nice explanation on the banning of Timothy.Made me laugh. 9/10

Thanks for highlighting this - just tracked it down and also had a good chuckle!

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Could be a 5 point gap by the time we play Huddersfield.

 

[Giraffe]

Just when I was starting to believe! That's it then we are going to bottle it aren't we.

 

[Gwylan]

We didn't catch up though - we were behind Middlesbrough after 27 games and stayed behind them at the end

 

[spence]

Thanks for highlighting this - just tracked it down and also had a good chuckle!

Shame you can't leave a comment in that section.

 

[Albumen]

ELEVEN points, ELEVEN points ahead with 19 games remaining?

When was the last time did a pursuing team catch up with such a gap in the Championship?

The answer is (sort of) last season.

Boro were 8 points ahead of the Albion with a game in hand at the same stage, but by the end of the season we were neck and neck with a match to go.

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I think this tells you more. The points we've amassed is the bigger story.
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[Lady Whistledown]

Nine point gap if (when) The Leeds United beat cannon fodder Forest later.

 

[Simster]

ELEVEN points, ELEVEN points ahead with 19 games remaining?

When was the last time did a pursuing team catch up with such a gap in the Championship?

The answer is (sort of) last season.

Boro were 8 points ahead of the Albion with a game in hand at the same stage, but by the end of the season we were neck and neck with a match to go.

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Not really. Eight points is nowhere near eleven points. Had we been a further 3 points behind last season, the last match would have been meaningless.

 

[theroyal]

In 2011/12, we (Reading) were 11 points off 1st placed West Ham after 27 games (we were 8th at the time), and we ended up winning the league.

We had to win 15 out of the last 19 games to catch them, so you'd be looking at a team hitting that sort of form from now on. Can't see it myself.

 

[spence]

In 2011/12, we (Reading) were 11 points off 1st placed West Ham after 27 games (we were 8th at the time), and we ended up winning the league.

We had to win 15 out of the last 19 games to catch them, so you'd be looking at a team hitting that sort of form from now on. Can't see it myself.

I can't see it either. This league is very competitive this season.

 

[chucky1973]

And we have 60 points now not 55

Not sure that's relevant but it sounds good.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

I can't see it either. This league is very competitive this season.

I hope by competitive you mean everyone is equally as bad as each other. Burnley would be ripping this league apart if they were still in it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Not really. Eight points is nowhere near eleven points. Had we been a further 3 points behind last season, the last match would have been meaningless.

Last season we lost out on goal difference only. This season we have the greater goal difference. We also have a manager who is going to stay cool, calm and collected, unlike Karanka, who threw a strop causing Boro to lose game against the likes of Charlton.

 

[Simster]

Not really. Eight points is nowhere near eleven points. Had we been a further 3 points behind last season, the last match would have been meaningless.

Oh and 8 points was enough of a gap anyway, as it turned out.

 

[moggy]

Could be a 5 point gap by the time we play Huddersfield.

Very true, reading home to Cardiff then away to Birmingham. Both winnable games.
If only Fulham had scored that bloody penalty