Ten Worst Premier League Sides in History

[archie]

I was pretty confident we'd be OK...

Phew!

 

[Dougz]

We were not bad at all. That points tally would have kept us up most seasons (certainly around that period)

 

[April13th1970]

If you divided the number of points gained by the cost of the team, we'd probably be one of the best

 

[poolfaninwigan]

Derby County the lowest points total in a Premiership season. .

 

[HetzkeBlaster]

I’m sure at one point we were relegated with the highest number of goals scored?

 

[poolseasider]

Looks like Luton & Burnley are fighting to be added to the list this season.

 

[ballysboots]

Swindon springs to mind though not really an expert on matters premier league.

 

[CGP1]

I haven't looked at the list, but we're on it?

I believe ours is the second highest total to relegated since it went to 38 games? So how can they include us?

 

[Matesrates]

Looks like Luton & Burnley are fighting to be added to the list this season.

Interesting isn’t it, I like many people expected Burnley to at least survive, if not do quite well with Vincent Kompany. Remains to be seen.

 

[FlytoKavala]

Interesting isn’t it, I like many people expected Burnley to at least survive, if not do quite well with Vincent Kompany. Remains to be seen.

When they sack him, will it be classed as "parting Kompany"

 

[Matesrates]

When they sack him, will it be classed as "parting Kompany"

Very good, I should have thought of that, I’m slipping.

 

[Dave62]

I haven't looked at the list, but we're on it?

I believe ours is the second highest total to relegated since it went to 38 games? So how can they include us?

No you're right, we're nowhere near it CGP.
I think 39 has been easily enough to stay up every season since 2011
The teams listed are Swindon, Villa, Sunderland (twice, once with an at the time record low of 15 points), Derby (record of 11 points), Ipswich, Portsmouth, Norwich, Bradford, Huddersfield

 

[Bpool98]

39 points would have kept you up every year since 2011. in fact since the premier league began it would have been enough on all but 7 seasons and 3 of those were when it was 42 game seasons.

 

[Bpool98]

As for point totals for relegated sides were are far from the worst

		Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	W	D	L	GD
1	2008	20	Derby County	38	11	1	8	29	-69
2	2006	20	Sunderland	38	15	3	6	29	-43
3	2019	20	Huddersfield Town	38	16	3	7	28	-54
4	2016	20	Aston Villa	38	17	3	8	27	-49
5	2003	20	Sunderland	38	19	4	7	27	-44
6	2010	20	Portsmouth	38	19	7	7	24	-32
7	2020	20	Norwich City	38	21	5	6	27	-49
8	2022	20	Norwich City	38	22	5	7	26	-61
9	2021	20	Sheffield United	38	23	7	2	29	-43
10	2022	19	Watford	38	23	6	5	27	-43
11	2000	20	Watford	38	24	6	6	26	-42
12	2017	20	Sunderland	38	24	6	6	26	-40
13	2018	20	West Bromwich Albion	38	24	4	12	18	-25
14	2012	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	25	5	10	23	-42
15	2013	20	Queens Park Rangers	38	25	4	13	21	-30
16	2023	20	Southampton	38	25	6	7	25	-37
17	2001	20	Bradford City	38	26	5	11	22	-40
18	2003	19	West Bromwich Albion	38	26	6	8	24	-36
19	2019	19	Fulham	38	26	7	5	26	-47
20	2021	19	West Bromwich Albion	38	26	5	11	22	-41
21	1995	22	Ipswich Town	42	27	7	6	29	-57
22	2002	20	Leicester City	38	28	5	13	20	-34
23	2007	20	Watford	38	28	5	13	20	-30
24	2013	19	Reading	38	28	6	10	22	-30
25	2017	19	Middlesbrough	38	28	5	13	20	-26
26	2018	19	Stoke City	38	28	6	10	18	-33
27	2021	18	Fulham	38	28	5	13	20	-26
28	1995	21	Leicester City	42	29	6	11	25	-35
29	1996	20	Bolton Wanderers	38	29	8	5	25	-32
30	1994	22	Swindon Town	42	30	5	15	22	-53
31	1999	20	Nottingham Forest	38	30	7	9	22	-34
32	2002	19	Derby County	38	30	8	6	24	-30
33	2006	19	West Bromwich Albion	38	30	7	9	22	-27
34	2010	18	Burnley	38	30	8	6	24	-40
35	2010	19	Hull City	38	30	6	12	20	-41
36	2014	20	Cardiff City	38	30	7	9	22	-42
37	2015	20	Queens Park Rangers	38	30	8	6	24	-31
38	2000	19	Sheffield Wednesday	38	31	8	7	23	-32
39	2012	19	Blackburn Rovers	38	31	8	7	23	-30
40	2023	19	Leeds United	38	31	7	10	21	-30
41	2005	20	Southampton	38	32	6	14	18	-21
42	2009	19	Middlesbrough	38	32	7	11	20	-29
43	2009	20	West Bromwich Albion	38	32	8	8	22	-31

 

[Bpool98]

		Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	W	D	L	GD
44	2014	19	Fulham	38	32	9	5	24	-45
45	1996	19	Queens Park Rangers	38	33	9	6	23	-19
46	1998	20	Crystal Palace	38	33	8	9	21	-34
47	2000	18	Wimbledon	38	33	7	12	19	-28
48	2004	18	Leicester City	38	33	6	15	17	-17
49	2004	19	Leeds United	38	33	8	9	21	-39
50	2004	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	33	7	12	19	-39
51	2005	18	Crystal Palace	38	33	7	12	19	-21
52	2005	19	Norwich City	38	33	7	12	19	-35
53	2011	20	West Ham United	38	33	7	12	19	-27
54	2014	18	Norwich City	38	33	8	9	21	-34
55	2015	19	Burnley	38	33	7	12	19	-25
56	2018	18	Swansea City	38	33	8	9	16	-19
57	1997	20	Nottingham Forest	38	34	6	16	16	-28
58	2001	18	Manchester City	38	34	8	10	20	-24
59	2001	19	Coventry City	38	34	8	10	20	-27
60	2006	18	Birmingham City	38	34	8	10	20	-22
61	2007	19	Charlton Athletic	38	34	8	10	20	-26
62	2009	18	Newcastle United	38	34	7	13	18	-19
63	2016	19	Norwich City	38	34	9	7	22	-28
64	2017	18	Hull City	38	34	9	7	22	-43
65	2019	18	Cardiff City	38	34	10	4	24	-35
66	2020	18	AFC Bournemouth	38	34	9	7	22	-25
67	2020	19	Watford	38	34	8	10	20	-28
68	2023	18	Leicester City	38	34	9	7	22	-17
69	1998	19	Barnsley	38	35	10	5	23	-45
70	1999	19	Blackburn Rovers	38	35	7	14	17	-14
71	2008	19	Birmingham City	38	35	8	11	19	-16
72	2015	18	Hull City	38	35	8	11	19	-18
73	2022	18	Burnley	38	35	7	14	17	-19
74	1999	18	Charlton Athletic	38	36	8	12	18	-15
75	2002	18	Ipswich Town	38	36	9	9	20	-23
76	2008	18	Reading	38	36	10	6	22	-25
77	2012	18	Bolton Wanderers	38	36	10	6	22	-31
78	2013	18	Wigan Athletic	38	36	9	9	20	-26
79	2016	18	Newcastle United	38	37	9	10	19	-21
80	1992	22	West Ham United	42	38	9	11	22	-22
81	1996	18	Manchester City	38	38	9	11	18	-25
82	2007	18	Sheffield United	38	38	10	8	20	-23
83	1997	19	Middlesbrough	38	39	10	12	16	-9
84	2011	18	Birmingham City	38	39	8	15	15	-21
85	2011	19	Blackpool	38	39	10	9	19	-23

 

[bill40]

Don't do this I'm still fuming about the prem relegation robbed by big team biased referees and a crap back up keeper.

 

[April13th1970]

a crap back up keeper.

I blame his wife

 

[bill40]

I blame his wife

Don't get me wrong he was a brilliant shot stopper he made some astonishing saves. It's just that when the ball was kicked straight at him he'd find a way to miss it. He'd go under it, over it and round it he was terrifying.

 

[FY4MIKEH]

We're not even in the top 50. We entertained like no other promoted side has.

 

[kuriousoranj]

Don't do this I'm still fuming about the prem relegation robbed by big team biased referees and a crap back up keeper.

Very true, City and United at Bloomers for starters!

 

[NewburyOne]

Surely Nobbers win this title given they haven't got a single point in the Prem?

 

[Dark_Side_of_the_Lune]

Fuck it. We’d still be stuck with the stains heading towards non league oblivion

 

[Meliora]

Very true, City and United at Bloomers for starters!

And Fulham's first goal was offside.

 

[Realfish]

Fuck it. We’d still be stuck with the stains heading towards non league oblivion

Just think, if the Stains had invested in a new keeper...and a fax machine, with another season in the Prem they could have 'illegitimately stripped' the Club of even more £millions. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. They were even incompetent when it came to being wrong-un's.

 

[IlProfessore]

Yes unbelievably incompetent, missing out on tens of million pounds. That was the only consolation of our relegation from the EPL.

 

[td53]

If you divided the number of points gained by the cost of the team, we'd probably be one of the best

We won the league that year using that method.

 

[Dougz]

Don't get me wrong he was a brilliant shot stopper he made some astonishing saves. It's just that when the ball was kicked straight at him he'd find a way to miss it. He'd go under it, over it and round it he was terrifying.

It would be interesting to chat with Evo. He went apolopletic with Kingson at Bolton ironically when Kingson came to punch a cross that he just didn’t need to come for. We lost as a result.

 

[Wizaard]

It would be interesting to chat with Evo. He went apologetic with Kingson at Bolton ironically when Kingson came to punch a cross that he just didn’t need to come for. We lost as a result.

Blackburn

 

[Junior_BentsPlatformShoes]

Blackburn

No it was Bolton Wiz, it's etched in my brain.

BBC Sport - Football - Bolton 2-2 Blackpool

news.bbc.co.uk

 

[Junior_BentsPlatformShoes]

Blackburn

It would be interesting to chat with Evo. He went apologetic with Kingson at Bolton ironically when Kingson came to punch a cross that he just didn’t need to come for. We lost as a result.

I think he was Apoplectic rather than apologetic.

 

[Dougz]

No it was Bolton Wiz, it's etched in my brain.

BBC Sport - Football - Bolton 2-2 Blackpool

news.bbc.co.uk

Got to admit I think Wiz is right, it was Blackburn. In fact did we draw as a result so dropped two points ? The game was late March from memory and was the start of final descent pretty much.

 

[Dougz]

I think he was Apoplectic rather than apologetic.

Yes now corrected !!

 

[Junior_BentsPlatformShoes]

Got to admit I think Wiz is right, it was Blackburn. In fact did we draw as a result so dropped two points ? The game was late March from memory and was the start of final descent pretty much.

Yep that was 2-2 as well with Kingson flapping at the ball, I'm sure the Bolton one was very similar - edit to say just watched the video, Wiz is right, clearly my middle-aged brain has merged the two. Either way, Kingson should have prayed harder at the start of games!

 

[The Catcher in the Rye]

Well look at that 85th out of 85! One of the unluckiest clubs ever! Shades of season 77/78

 

[IEvattOG]

We're not even in the top 50. We entertained like no other promoted side has.

Whether that’s true or not, it would have been better to stay up.

 

[poolfaninwigan]

39 points would have kept you up every year since 2011. in fact since the premier league began it would have been enough on all but 7 seasons and 3 of those were when it was 42 game seasons.

Glad we went down would have been another £100 million in the oystains back pocket

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Derby County the lowest points total in a Premiership season. .

We beat them in the League Cup that season.

 

[Nuttalls Mint Toes]

I often wonder what would have happened if we'd retained our place. Ollie at the wheel, how many would have stayed, who would have come in, would it just have been a first season bounce, would the O's realise we could be more than one season wonders and long term they'd sell the club for a fortune but give us decent owners?
I would have chanced another season in the Prem with them in charge just to see how it panned out.

 

[DerbySeasider]

I haven't looked at the list, but we're on it?

I believe ours is the second highest total to relegated since it went to 38 games? So how can they include us?

No we are not

 

[Halifax71]

I often wonder what would have happened if we'd retained our place. Ollie at the wheel, how many would have stayed, who would have come in, would it just have been a first season bounce, would the O's realise we could be more than one season wonders and long term they'd sell the club for a fortune but give us decent owners?
I would have chanced another season in the Prem with them in charge just to see how it panned out.

Other than the I'll informed reference to orange I found this an interesting take.

 

[Mr Tangerine Man]

"A Breath of Fresh Air"

 

[Mcewans Mullet]

I’m sure at one point we were relegated with the highest number of goals scored?

We were and still are

 

[Mcewans Mullet]

I think thar about 18m ago we were 6th on guals scored per game.

 

[Bend it like Suddick]

No it was Bolton Wiz, it's etched in my brain.

BBC Sport - Football - Bolton 2-2 Blackpool

news.bbc.co.uk

It was Blackburn

 

[Junior_BentsPlatformShoes]

It was Blackburn

I’ve covered that further up the thread

 

[Camberwell1]

And Fulham's first goal was offside.

Blackburn’s winner was offside
We got nothing off the refs - the worst ref in the world was of course Coward Webb who ensured we didn’t win there too

 

[incredible_edibles]

Surprised Coventry only get one entry at 59 - they stunk the Prem out for years.