THE SHARPE END: With a former champion and an ever-present dealing with relegation this season, will any of the large golf equipment bounce again up? PLUS How far do groups slide as soon as they’ve dropped out of the Premier League?
- Everton and Leicester are each in peril of being relegated this season
- No membership has spent extra seasons within the prime flight than the Toffees (120)
- Leicester may very well be the primary top-flight champions to go down since 1999
There are some large golf equipment on the backside of the Premier League.
Amongst them are an ever-present and a former champion. If Leicester go down, seven years after their title win, they might be the primary top-flight champions to be relegated since Blackburn in 1999.
Three of the final 5 champions to go down did so inside six years.
Everton are one in all six Premier League ever-presents whereas solely Arsenal have loved an extended consecutive run within the prime flight.
120 – No membership has spent extra seasons within the English prime flight of their historical past than Everton (120), forward of Aston Villa (109) and Liverpool (108).
After successful the league in 2016, Leicester now sit above the drop zone on objective distinction
Everton sit nineteenth with 4 video games remaining having spent a report 120 seasons within the prime flight
20 Of the 39 completely different golf equipment relegated for the reason that Millennium, greater than half of them have fallen to League 1 or League 2.
League 1: Norwich, Wolves, Wigan, Southampton, Leicester, Sheff Utd, Leeds, Blackburn, Charlton, Derby, Hull, Ipswich, Sheff Wed, Sunderland.
League 2: Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Coventry, Portsmouth, Wimbledon
14 golf equipment have by no means returned to the Premier League after being relegated for the reason that Millennium: Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Charlton, Coventry, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Portsmouth, Sheff Wed, Stoke, Swansea, Wigan, Wimbledon.
19 Of the 69 relegations from the Premier League for the reason that Millennium, solely 19 bounced again on the first try – although 5 have come since 2020.