Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placed Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough.
West Ham United occupied the final promotion place as they returned to the Premier League after just one year.
West Ham beat Blackpool in the Play-off final at Wembley Stadium, sealing their return to the top division after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.
Source:[1] On 17 February 2012, Portsmouth entered administration for the second time in three years, incurring a 10-point penalty.
Trevor Birch of the accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Forster was appointed administrator of the club.