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Southampton being relegated has felt like a foregone conclusion for months at this point. They feel completely out of their depth in the Premier League and could perhaps even be considered among the worst teams ever.

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe the worst in the Premier League, although that Derby team of... whenever it was... had a much more desolate feel to them IMO.

Saints have been terrible, but they've also had a fair bit of bad luck with late goals and so on.

If you want REALLY bad, check out Brechin City in the Scottish Championship (the second tier) in 2017/18.

League matches: played 36, won 0, drew 4, lost 32, scored 20, conceded 90, finished on 4 points, all of which they got at home. Not a single away point all season.

They went down and then got relegated again the following year 2018/19. Now in the fourth tier, they finished bottom, but were spared relegation out of the SPFL in 19/20 because of the covid-shortened season.

In 20/21 they finished bottom again and were relegated out of the SPFL and into the Highland League where they remain, despite having won the league 2 years later - they missed out on promotion on penalties.

[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's still not decided if Southampton will break Derby's old (negative) record, but I agree that team looked decidedly worse on the pitch. Southampton at least can claim that they had bad luck here or there.

As for first tier football I was only able to find FK Čukarički Stankom from Serbia, who went an entire season without winning even once. They might consider starting a league with Brechin City so at least one team can win.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

They'd draw every game 😁