Have Arsenal ever been relegated? Premier League ever-presents as Everton battle to beat drop

The Premier League could lose one of its ever-presents this season. Everton are in a fight to retain their Premier League place, with Frank Lampard's men hovering just above the relegation zone.

The Toffees are just one place and one point above the bottom three in England's top flight following a 3-2 defeat to Burnley on Wednesday night - the team right behind them in the table. Lampard's men led 2-1 at half-time, but the Clarets came back to take all three points and set the cat amongst the pigeons in the relegation battle.

Everton have never been relegated from the Premier League, since its inception in 1992, although they have come close before. They famously came back from 2-0 down against Wimbledon on the final day of the 1993/94 season to win 3-2 and stave off relegation by two points. A draw or defeat would have sent them down.

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And if Everton were to slip into the Championship, it would leave Arsenal well clear of the rest of the teams in England in terms of history of not being relegated. There are only six teams in the Premier League right now who have been there since its inception and never suffered relegation.

Arsenal and Everton are joined by Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham as having never suffered relegation from the Premier League since it started. Brighton & Hove Albion have also not suffered relegation, but have only been in the Premier League since 2017.

Everton's last relegation from the top division came in the 1954/55 First Division season. The Toffees spent eight years in the Second Division before returning to the top flight, where they have stayed ever since.

That record is bettered by Arsenal