An added bonus was Scunthorpe failing to win in their match.
The top half of the table now looks like this
| Last game played on Wednesday 6th December 2006 | Pld | Home | Away | Overall | Pts | GD | |||||||||||||||||
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 41 | +12 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 36 | +15 | ||||
| 3 | Bristol City | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 36 | +8 | ||||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 35 | +13 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 35 | +10 | ||||
| 6 | Swansea City | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 31 | +5 | ||||
| 7 | Yeovil Town | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 31 | +4 | ||||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 30 | +2 | ||||
| 9 | Blackpool | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 28 | +6 | ||||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 27 | +4 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 27 | +2 | ||||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 27 | -3 | ||||