Matches on TV
| Middlesbrough's Results | |||
| Jan 31 | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | H |
| Jan 24 | Preston North End | 4 - 0 | H |
| Jan 21 | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | A |
| Middlesbrough's Fixtures | |||
| Feb 9 | Sheffield United | A | |
| Feb 16 | Coventry City | A | |
| Feb 21 | Oxford United | H | |
| Championship Table | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Coventry City | 30 | 28 | 58 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Hull City | 29 | 8 | 53 |
| 4 | Ipswich | 29 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | Millwall | 30 | 1 | 50 |