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.