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Following the look at Liverpool's performances in the Premier League , we now look at their cross town rivals, Everton's performances during their time in the Premier League. Everton are one of the six teams to never have been relegated from the Premier League. Their performances however have been inconsistent during this time and they have come close to relegation multiple times. Ranking in each season Ranking of Everton in every Premier League season Everton are one of two teams to have never won the league despite never being relegated during the Premier League era. They finished outside of the top ten in 15 out of 30 seasons, and finished 17th, just outside the relegation zone, in three seasons. Their best finish was fourth, in the 2004-05 season. Their longest serving manager, David Moyes, who joined the club towards the end of the 2001-02 season, oversaw the best performances of the club in the league, where he finished 9 times in the top half. Everton would finish in the...

Liverpool are one of the six teams to never have been relegated from the Premier League. They are one of the top teams in the league and enjoy a huge amount of support worldwide. Ranking in each season Ranking of Liverpool in every Premier League season Liverpool have always finished in the top half of the league every season, with their worst finish being the 1993-94, 2011-12, and 2015-16 seasons, when they finished eighth. They have put in consistently good performances in the league, finishing in the Champions League spots in 19 out of the 30 seasons so far. Liverpool's most successful manager in the league, Jurgen Klopp, joined the club as manager in October of 2015. He has overseen the overhaul of the club with some smart signings over the next couple of years that saw Liverpool win the Premier League title for the first and only time in the 2019-20 season. Points tally in each season Points tally of Liverpool in every Premier League season Liverpool's least points tally w...

Chelsea are one of the six teams to have never been relegated from the Premier League since its inception in 1992-93 season. They are one of the top 6 teams and have always finished in the top 6 since the 1996-97 season, except for the 2015-16 season. Ranking in each season Ranking of Chelsea in every Premier League season Chelsea have won the title 5 times, with all their titles being clinched since the takeover of the club by  Roman Abramovich in 2003. Their worst league finish was 14 in the 1993-94 season, and they finished 11th thrice in the 1992-93, 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. Since the takeover of the club by Roman, they finished only once outside of the top 6, in the 2015-16 season, which also is their worst finish in the league since the buy out. Roman's buy out had an almost immediate impact on the club's performances, as they finished second in the year of the buyout. Jose Mourinho was appointed the manager of the club at the start of the 2004-05 season, and he orche...

With the start of the Premier League just 4 weeks away, it is an opportunity to look at how some of the teams have performed since its inception. We begin with Arsenal, with similar analysis coming through over the next few weeks for other teams. Arsenal are one of the six teams to have never been relegated in the thirty year history of the Premier League. They have had only 6 managers in this time, with Arsene Wenger managing them for 22 seasons. The current manager, Mikel Arteta, is set to become the second longest serving manager of the team in the Premier League, with him all set to begin his third season with the club. Ranking in each season Arsenal rank at the end of each season in the Premier League Arsenal have had two of their worst season finishes in the inaugural 1992-93 season, where they finished tenth, and two seasons later in the 1994-95 season, where they finished twelfth. They have never finished in the bottom half of the table since the 1994-95 season. The first 9 sea...