The last time each of the Big Six – and Everton – suffered relegation

For many clubs dining at the top table, fighting for titles season-on-season, the prospect of relegation is the last thing on their mind. But when you go back in history, every single side that’s played in the top division in England has suffered relegation.

As the Guardian pointed out, the last time Everton suffered relegation ‘English roads had no zebra crossings, English cities had no tower blocks, nobody had ever been to space and the Beatles had not yet been formed’.

But there’s a very real chance Everton will slip out of the Premier League in May after a shocking 2021-22 season.

It seems remote that any of the self-styled ‘Big Six’ will suffer the same fate when taking into account their vast turnovers – but they’ve all succumbed to relegation in the past.

We’ve identified the last time the Toffees were relegated from England’s top flight and compared it to the current ‘Big Six’.

One of the many myths of Arsenal’s history is that the club has never been relegated – this is not so. Even worse is that when they were relegated it was with one of the worst records ever.

The fateful day when Arsenal were relegated was 12 April 1913. Prior to this date, they had been hanging on by the skin of their teeth, mainly because Chelsea were having a pretty poor season as well.

But the side known as Woolwich Arsenal were relegated in bottom place after a 2-1 defeat at Derby.

If there was a positive to be gained from the loss against Derby it was that they weren’t sent down due to the result of the following game – a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane.

Arsenal, using some pretty underhand tactics, were promoted after the First World War at the expense of Spurs and have never relinquished their top-flight spot since.

The Toffees are