Tight At the Top Following Draw

Town will be hoping some of the sides around them will drop points, however should Town beat Cardiff, regardless of what happens in the last two fixtures for the sides around them, they will have secured play-off action as Wigan and West Ham meet on the last day of the season.

Last game played on Friday 30th April 2004 Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 [P] Norwich City 43 17 3 2 41 13 9 7 5 32 22 26 10 7 73 35 88 +38 2 [P] West Bromwich Albion 43 14 5 3 34 14 11 6 4 29 21 25 11 7 63 35 86 +28 3 Sunderland 43 12 7 2 31 14 8 5 9 27 29 20 12 11 58 43 72 +15 4 Ipswich Town 45 12 2 8 48 35 9 7 7 35 36 21 9 15 83 71 72 +12 5 West Ham United 44 11 7 4 38 20 7 9 6 24 24 18 16 10 62 44 70 +18 6 Wigan Athletic 44 11 7 4 28 15 7 9 6 31 28 18 16 10 59 43 70 +16 7 Crystal Palace 44 9 8 5 33 25 11 2 9 37 34 20 10 14 70 59 70 +11 8 Sheffield United 45 11 6 6 37 25 9 4 9 25 28 20 10 15 62 53 70 +9 9 Reading 44 10 6 6 28 25 9 4 9 26 31 19 10 15 54 56 67 -2 10 Millwall 44 10 8 4 27 15 7 7 8 27 31 17 15 12 54 46 66 +8 11 Cardiff City 44 10 5 7 39 24 7 7 8 27 32 17 12 15 66 56 63 +10 12 Coventry City 44 8 9 5 32 21 7 5 10 28 30 15 14 15 60 51 59 +9 13 Stoke City 43 10 6 5 31 23 6 5 11 21 31 16 11 16 52 54 59 -2 14 Preston North End 44 11 6 5 40 26 4 7 11 24 39 15 13 16 64 65 58 -1 15 Nottingham Forest 44 7 9 6 32 25 6 6 10 26 33 13 15 16 58 58 54 0 16 Watford 44 8 8 6 30 28 6 4 12 23 36 14 12 18 53 64 54 -11 17 Burnley 44 9 6 7 36 30 4 8 10 23 42 13 14 17 59 72 53 -13 18 Crewe Alexandra 44 11 3 8 32 23 3 7 12 23 39 14 10 20 55 62 52 -7 19 Rotherham United 44 7 8 7 28 27 5 7 10 20 31 12 15 17 48 58 51 -10 20 Gillingham 44 10 1 11 26 29 4 7 11 20 33 14 8 22 46 62 50 -16 21 Derby County 44 10 5 7 37 33 2 8 12 14 33 12 13 19 51 66 49 -15 22 Walsall 44 7 7 8 26 29 5 5 12 16 33 12 12 20 42 62 48 -20 23 [R] Bradford City 44 6 3 13 23 33 4 3 15 15 33 10 6 28 38 66 36 -28 24 [R] Wimbledon 44 2 4 16 20 40 5 0 17 19 48 7 4 33 39 88 25 -49

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