We’ve taken a look at the Championship League leaders at Christmas over the last few years and listed their final rankings.
Many teams had the honor of being at the top of the table during the festive period, although we saw several other teams fail to maintain their first place before slipping down the league.
Time to find out who managed to top the Championship League at Christmas for the last 16 years and their final positions…
2008 – WOLVES
In the 2008/09 season it was Wolverhampton Wanderers Great the Championship at Christmas under manager Mick McCarthy.
In the end they reached the finish 1 with 90 points and crowned champions for their third division title. Rival Birmingham came in second with 83 points.
Today they are at the bottom of the Premier League and have only picked up 2 points in 17 games played.
2009 – NEWCASTLE UNITED
In the 2009/10 season, Chris Hughton led his Newcastle United to the Top spot in the championship table at Christmas.
In the end they also reached the finish line 1st place with a total of 102 points and were crowned champions. West Brom came second with 91 points.
Today they sit 11th in the Premier League with 23 points from 17 games played.
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2010 – QUEENS PARK RANGERS
In the 2010/11 season, Queens Park Rangers achieved promotion to the Great the Championship table at Christmas with thanks to Neil Warnock.
They continued their impressive form and helped them finish 1 with 88 points and crowned champion. Norwich came second with 84.
Today they are in 7th place in the championship with 34 points from 22 games played.
QPR champions 10 years ago today #QPR pic.twitter.com/c2JL8nW1Hr
— QPR News (@QprNews82) April 30, 2021
2011 – SOUTHAMPTON
In the 2011/12 season it was Southampton’s turn Great the championship at Christmas.
However, Nigel Adkins missed out on a place to finish 2 with 88 points and was then promoted. Reading were champions with 89 points.
Today they are in 11th place in the championship with 31 points from 22 games played.
Happy New Year from Reading FC. 2012 was a great year #readingfc pic.twitter.com/S5uecEd2
– Reading FC (@ReadingFC) January 1, 2013
2012 – CARDIFF CITY
The Welsh club Cardiff City was there in the 2012/13 season Great the championship at Christmas with Malky Mackay at the helm.
They were finished 1st place with 87 points and were crowned champions. Hull came second with 79 points.
Today they sit at the top of the League One table with 41 points from 20 games played.
2013 – BURNLEY
In the 2013/14 season, current Burnley coach Sean Dyche led the Clarets to the stadium Great the championship at Christmas.
They were finished 2nd place with a total of 93 points and was promoted. Leicester were champions with 102 points.
Today they sit 19th in the Premier League table with 11 points from 17 games played.
congratulations @BurnleyOfficial about promotion to the Premier League pic.twitter.com/c22ffG3sW5
— Oddschecker (@Oddschecker) May 2, 2016
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2014 – AFC BOURNEMOUTH
AFC Bournemouth were there in the 2014/15 season Great the Championship at Christmas, which is astonishing considering years later they were on the brink of relegation from the second division.
They continued to finish 1 with 90 points and crowned champions under Eddie Howe. Watford came second with 89 points.
Today they sit 15th in the Premier League table with 22 points from 17 games played.
MASTER: #afcb captain @TommyElph4 lifts the @SkyBetChamp Trophy: http://t.co/3RBT7abmTh pic.twitter.com/RhaWrrUiXb
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) May 2, 2015
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2015 – MIDDLESBROUGH
Middlesbrough were in the 2015/16 season Great the championship at Christmas under the direction of Aitor Karanka.
However, they could not hold the position and ended with a result 2 with 89 points and was promoted. Burnley were champions with 93 points.
Today they occupy 2nd place in the championship table with 42 points from 22 games played.
On this day in 2015…
Middlesbrough picked up a great 3-0 win away to Brighton #Boro
pic.twitter.com/a8yUDJwMGj— The second stage (@secondtierpod) December 19, 2022
We continue our look at those who were top of the Championship table at Christmas and their final league placings…
2016 – NEWCASTLE UNITED
In the 2016/17 season, Rafael Benítez stayed at Newcastle United and helped them to success Great the championship at Christmas.
The Magpies then continued their good form and finished 1 with 94 points and were crowned champions. Brighton came second with 93 points.
Players like Dwight Gayle, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Jonjo Shelvey, Yoan Gouffran, Christian Atsu, Daryl Murphy and Aleksandar Mitrović helped with promotion.
@NUFCChampions! ? #NUFC pic.twitter.com/s7KpHNh2r2
— Sky Bet (@SkyBet) May 7, 2017
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