5th

The Royals finished the championship season proper with a mixed bag of results. Possibly having worked their way into the play-off zone, they rested on their laurels just a little too much...

22 Apr Leeds 0 - 0 Reading
25 Apr Reading 2 - 3 Sheffield United
30 Apr Coventry 0 - 0 Reading
7 May Reading 2 - 1 Derby

Reading will take on fourth placed Cardiff for the chance to play the winner of Swansea and Nottingham Forest in the play-off final. The winner will be awarded promotion to the Premiership along with Queens Park Rangers and Norwich.

Npower Championship table

		P	GD	PTS
1	QPR	46	39	88
2	Norwich	46	25	84
3	Swansea	46	27	80
4	Cardiff	46	22	80
5	Reading	46	26	77
6	Nott'm Forest	46	19	75
7	Leeds	46	11	72
8	Burnley	46	4	68
9	Millwall	46	14	67
10	Leicester	46	5	67
11	Hull	46	1	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	0	62
13	Ipswich	46	-6	62
14	Watford	46	6	61
15	Bristol City	46	-3	60
16	Portsmouth	46	-7	58
17	Barnsley	46	-11	56
18	Coventry	46	-4	55
19	Derby	46	-13	49
20	Crystal Palace	46	-25	48
21	Doncaster	46	-26	48
22	Preston	46	-25	42
23	Sheffield Utd	46	-35	42
24	Scunthorpe	46	-44	42