History of Premier League relegation

The teams who finish a season in the bottom three in The Premiership are all relegated to the Football League Championship (or, as it used to be called, the First Division) to play in that league the next season. The only exception to this is in the 1994-95 season when the bottom four were relegated. This is because the number of premiership teams was reduced from 22 to 20 so instead of 3 down, 3 up it was 4 down, 2 up. The highest number of points a team in the bottom three has finished with was 49 (Crystal Palace in the 1992-93 season). The lowest was 15 (Sunderland in the 2005-06 season). The teams with the most bottom three finishes are Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest Sunderland and Leicester City, all with three. (Crystal Palace have, in fact, been relegated four times but in 1994-1995 they finished fourth bottom).
The bottom three in The Premiership each season has been

1992-93 - Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest

1993-94 - Sheffield United, Oldham Athletic, and Swindon Town

1994-95 - Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Leicester City, and Ipswich Town

1995-96 - Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, and Bolton Wanderers

1996-97 - Sunderland, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest

1997-98 - Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley, and Crystal Palace

1998-99 - Charlton Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, and Nottingham Forest

1999-00 - Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday, and Watford

2000-01 - Manchester City, Coventry City, and Bradford City

2001-02 - Ipswich Town, Derby County, and Leicester City

2002-03 - West Ham United, West Bromwich Albion, and Sunderland

2003-04 - Leicester City, Leeds United, and Wolverhampton Wanderers

2004-05 - Crystal Palace, Norwich City, and Southampton

2005-06 - Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, and Sunderland

2006-07 - Watford, Charlton Athletic, and Sheffield United

2007-08 - Derby County

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