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I went down a bit of a football rabbit hole wondering which professional club has managed the longest run of finishing lower in its domestic league pyramid every single season.

The longest run I’ve found so far is Portsmouth: seven consecutive declines across eight seasons, from 8th in the Premier League in 2007/08 all the way to 16th in League Two in 2014/15.

Barnsley and Tranmere hold the dubious honour of the longest active streak with five consecutive declines.

England are probably strongly represented because of their very large and competitive professional pyramid and clubs from Türkiye look like they have been beset with financial and mismanagement issues.

I've probably missed some obscure ones. I wonder if there is a pretender to Portsmouth's crown?

(This is not for any profit-making activity, hope it's okay to post this here - just sharing to let the SWA know about this page)

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