Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

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Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by NRC » Mon May 16, 2022 12:39 pm

As we’re all pouring over the relegation zone, a QQ…. Are there any current PL teams that have never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon May 16, 2022 12:42 pm

Brentford maybe

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by distortiondave » Mon May 16, 2022 12:44 pm

Technically Arsenal. They've been relegated but only as Woolwich Arsenal, but as the two are the same club with a different name I think it should count as a relegation.

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by matucana » Mon May 16, 2022 12:48 pm

Six have never been relegated from the PL one of which is Everton who should have had a points deduction for poor financial management over the last 3 seasons. The PL stated that instead they would work alongside them as founder members to help them resolve the issues. Lovely.

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by distortiondave » Mon May 16, 2022 12:50 pm

6?
Everton, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs, Man Utd, Brentford and Brighton have never been relegated from the Premier League.

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by NRC » Mon May 16, 2022 1:53 pm

Question wasn’t PL, it was top flight.

@distotianndave…..l by your logic then, Arsenal have never won the league as Arsenal play at the emirates, not highbury

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by Pickles » Mon May 16, 2022 1:56 pm

Slight tangent but... Morecambe have never been relegated. That's over one hundred years without a relegation.
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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon May 16, 2022 1:58 pm

I thought Brentford might have never been in the top flight but they were in division 1 in the 30's. I remember when Wigan were in the Premier league they qualified as never being relegated from the top flight as that was the first time they'd ever been there

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by elwaclaret » Mon May 16, 2022 2:03 pm

NRC wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 1:53 pm
Question wasn’t PL, it was top flight.

@distotianndave…..l by your logic then, Arsenal have never won the league as Arsenal play at the emirates, not highbury
Highbury/Emirates has nothing to do with Woolwich Arsenal, that was SOUTH of the river and involved the club moving into a different area… not dissimilar to how Wimbledon became MK Dons.

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by distortiondave » Mon May 16, 2022 2:05 pm

NRC wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 1:53 pm
Question wasn’t PL, it was top flight.

@distotianndave…..l by your logic then, Arsenal have never won the league as Arsenal play at the emirates, not highbury
I don't follow your logic there, NRC.

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by NRC » Mon May 16, 2022 2:30 pm

Woolwich Arsenal is the very same club, it just moved stadiums and dropped the name of the old one from its name, to become ‘The Arsenal,’ which it is to this day (except everyone drops “the”).

So my logic to you is if you’re not counting them as the same club because they moved stadium, then by the same terms the current club, which plays at the Emirates stadium has never been champions

So my point is, it’s not a technical distinction at all, it is and was the same club. Elwa is therefore also incorrect. Moving from the south of the river to the north of it is irrelevant as it is the same club. MK Dons is not

By this token, ALL current PL clubs have been relegated from the top flight at some point in there history.

Putting Arsenal aside, DA is right……. The one with the greatest longevity would be Brentford, last relegated from the top flight in 1947

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by distortiondave » Mon May 16, 2022 2:34 pm

But I said I think they are same club....?
Technically Arsenal. They've been relegated but only as Woolwich Arsenal, but as the two are the same club with a different name I think it should count as a relegation.

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by NRC » Mon May 16, 2022 3:12 pm

Then we agree 😀
All current clubs have been relegated from the top flight at some point

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Re: Which team has never been relegated from the top flight of English football?

Post by Bosscat » Mon May 16, 2022 3:27 pm

Pickles wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 1:56 pm
Slight tangent but... Morecambe have never been relegated. That's over one hundred years without a relegation.
Birmingham City have the most relegations/promotions from the top flight with 12 ... (that is the old 1st Div & the Premier League)

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