{"id":23982,"date":"2023-03-29T13:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T12:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=23982"},"modified":"2023-04-04T09:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T08:17:00","slug":"is-it-true-that-everton-have-never-been-relagated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2023\/03\/is-it-true-that-everton-have-never-been-relagated\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It True That Everton Have Never Been Relegated?"},"content":{"rendered":"
For some reason there is a myth that Everton have never been relegated, that is not true, they have been relegated twice in their history, although, never in the Premier League era.\u00a0 Being one of the founder members and having not been relegated since the 1950’s is probably the reason the myth has propegated.<\/p>\n
Despite decades of underachievement, Everton Football Club is still one of the most historical institutions in the English game. The men from Merseyside have won the English top-flight title on nine occasions, the FA Cup five times and also the European Cup Winners\u2019 Cup.<\/p>\n
They were one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888. Everton are also the club that has spent the most combined years in the English top flight (119 seasons), while only Arsenal have spent more consecutive campaigns in England\u2019s top league. In fact, the Toffees have spent just four years outside the English top flight since the Football League\u2019s inception.<\/p>\n
However, as well as experiencing massive highs and making history, the Toffees have experienced some major lows, too.<\/p>\n
Having been a founding member of the English Football League, Everton suffered the first of only two relegations in 1930, just two years after winning the English First Division, with legendary striker Dixie Dean leading their attack.<\/p>\n
Dean was still in the team when his side suffered demotion to the then-Second Division. One of the cited reasons for the club dropping down to the second tier of the English game was that there was turmoil behind the scenes. The Toffees suffered relegation to the Second Division along with north west rivals Burnley.<\/p>\n
However, Everton was only in the Second Division for one season, winning promotion at the first attempt and breaking a goalscoring record in the second tier in the process. The Toffees went on to win the English First Division title for the fourth time in their first season back in the top flight with Dixie Dean the league’s top goalscorer, having scored 44 goals.<\/p>\n
The Toffees were relegated from the English top flight for only the second time in season 1950\/51. The Second World War had badly hit Everton\u2019s team, and their post-war team struggled to match the quality of their pre-war counterparts.<\/p>\n
The Toffees suffered relegation courtesy of goal difference, finishing bottom of the table and suffering relegation alongside Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The second time around, there was no immediate return to the English top flight for the men from Merseyside. Instead, they took three seasons to return to the pinnacle of the English football tree. They won promotion by finishing as Second Division runners-up.<\/p>\n