With Aston Villa’s relegation battle officially on, the context of Villa potentially dropping out of the top-flight can be seen below in a table of which teams have spent the most years in the top tier.
Villa are currently second. A stat that backs up the club’s boast of having a ‘Proud History’, and suggests that Villa have no place in the championship.
But, at the moment, the most played league fixture in English football history, between Aston Villa and Everton, is under danger of being put on ice for at least a season.
Seasons in the Top-Flight from 1888-89 to end of 2011-12.
From a total of 114 seasons.
109 Everton
 101 Aston Villa
 97 Liverpool
 95 Arsenal
 87 Manchester United
 83 Manchester City
 81 Newcastle United
 81 Sunderland
 77 Tottenham Hotspur
 77 Chelsea
————- top 10 ————-
 74 West Bromwich Albion
 73 Bolton Wanderers
 72 Blackburn Rovers
 66 Sheffield Wednesday
 65 Derby County
 63 Wolverhampton Wanderers
 60 Sheffield United
 60 Middlesbrough
 56 Nottingham Forest
 57 Birmingham City
 56 Stoke City
 52 Burnley
 54 West Ham United
 50 Leeds United
 46 Preston North End
 46 Leicester City
 34 Coventry City
 34 Southampton
 33 Portsmouth
 30 Notts County
 30 Huddersfield Town
 28 Blackpool
 26 Ipswich Town
 26 Charlton Athletic
 22 Bury
 21 Queens Park Rangers
 21 Norwich City
 23 Fulham
 16 Luton Town
 15 Cardiff City
 14 Wimbledon
 13 Crystal Palace
 12 Oldham Athletic
 12 Grimsby Town
 12 Bradford City
  9 Bristol City
  8 Watford
  5 Brentford
  5 Accrington
  4 Brighton & Hove Albion
  3 Oxford United
  3 Bradford Park Avenue
  7 Wigan Athletic
  2 Darwen
  2 Reading
  2 Hull City
  3 Swansea City
  2 Millwall
  1 Swindon Town
  1 Northampton
  1 Leyton Orient
  1 Glossop North End
  1 Carlisle United
  1 Barnsley
Trevor – see contact details top right of page.
Like what you are doing. I and some other supporters who were linked to the old villa Matters fanzine and the Trust when it was active are planning to campaign for changes in the way the club is run, notably non executive directors. See my letter in the current heroes and villains.
We would like to talk with =you about what can be done can I have contact details please
I was a committee member of the Independent supporters association AVISA and it was always hard to get fans to work together, even more so when the trust took over. I am an active member of supporters direct and plan to go to their premier club meetng – if we are still in the premiership.
like the benefit match with celtic idea.
please give me contact details. trevor fisher.