The Worst Premier League Team to Survive
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Forest survived on 32 points in 2023-24
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For a long time, 40 points was assumed to be enough for a team to avoid Premier League relegation.
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In reality, itโs nearly always possible to survive with fewer. But which team has won the least points and still managed to survive? Who is the worst team not to have been relegated?
Seb Stafford-Bloor explains, Craig Silcock illustrates.
Make that tottenham now
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That same 2009/10 wigan team beat Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal at home despite losing 8-0 away to chelsea and 9-1 to Spurs away. A handful of those players would go on to win the FA Cup 3 seasons later.
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Spurs this season lol
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And the worst team with the all time record of 11 points is derby county 2007/2008 one win all season
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02:48 - when Hughes featured for the visiting team during a match after his custodial sentence we (the Home crowd) were chanting โMur-de-rer, Mur-de-rerโ at him ๐
I see also that he was convicted of Assault a few years later, a nasty piece of work he is.
I love the way Kanu ended his career. No gimmick moves, no short silly stints anywhere. Straight from Arsenal to do 2 yrs at West Brom, then 4 at Pompey. Proper clubs, challenging scenarios, then retired ๐
@coachsunnypatelSpurs 2024-25 season hopefully they get it right this season
@andymonument6859Kanu wasnโt 28. If he was that made him a first team regular at Ajax during their champions league win when he was 16-17 years old.
@johnthompson457Matt Le Tissier kept saint up a few times
@ianblack48892026 here. This time it's Tottenham Hotspurs?
@Topsecret888...Do West Brom in 2005 still have the record for the lowest points total not to go down? Just 34. Whilst we sent Palace down..
@EarlPurpleChessWhat about England's former premier league? I hate these kind of 'records'.
@BritonbearIf the entirety of the bottom 4 is over 30 points I canโt call that a weak league, I would call that one of the more competitive leagues.
@RMK666BBSTottenham
@Skelig"Won the fewest points" not the "least", you're supposed to be journalists for frig sake
@James-sh4zfThe worst Premier League club to survive has to be Tottenham Hotspur 2025-26 season. ๐
@rTist21"Kanu - who was still just 28"
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@cradleoflinkinparkSee y'all in May when Spurs survive at 17th and West Ham go down.
@anauthentichumanI think Kanu is actually still 28
@ShortfirstslipSpurs will beat this
@AlonsoRulesHereโs hoping Wolves will take this crown this season
@Bughy2236Out of the 4 teams that year, they definitely had the worst squad.
@hakc97againYou failed to mention that West Brom was the first team to be bottom of the table after Christmas and still survive. And that they were immediately relegated the next season.
@deaddaiThe Spuds this year. 2025
@nicholasturner5146Who tf is saying manu 24-25
@rinkhalMan utd 24/25 season ๐
@jackbland3406Oh I was expecting like who got the smallest total amount of points through out all the season played. You know? Thatโs what it sounded like at first but than you broke it down by season and thatโs like yeah they were the worst that season but that doesnโt mean what I thought it meant you know?
@theredacted3805As an Everton fan i have to say, I'm surprised this isnt us ๐
@hunsler1006Well after this season, Spurs and United are the two new worst teams to stay up
@danielcohen4115I remember Oldham Athletic needing 49 points to stay up in 1994/95 edit: that was a 42 game season, though
@lindsaybelderson7735If this video was made today, it would say Tottenham
@JMartComedyAh yes, West Brom before the Ideal Boiler boiler mascot. A different era....
@nicolamarchbank1846"trarnsfer"
@dino7864bvWorst Premier League team to survive?
Obviously it's Manchester United this season.
I kept Boro up with -43 goal difference. I checked, and this is indeed a record ๐
@christophertaylor1882Tomasz Kuszczak* not Thomas lol
@Bareus34The worst premier league team to win a European Trophy ๐ United vs Spurs ๐ญ
@MrHastygamerSpurs 24/25
@GATguy9824/25 is Man Utd. God knows how they stayed up
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