History is Not Written by the Losers Quiz

Portsmouth made Premier League history in the most terrible way in 2010 when they became the first Premier League club to go into administration, being an estimated £7 million in debt, and were docked nine points. Avram Grant was their manager at the time, replacing Paul Hart, who had been sacked in November.

The deduction left them seventeen points away from safety, and they finished on 19 points. It was a season of mixed fortunes for Pompey, as they made it into the FA Cup final but were beaten by Chelsea.

Although they qualified for the Europa League, they were not allowed in due to their dire financial straits, and Liverpool went instead. In 2012, they were deducted ten points due to going into administration for the second time in three seasons.

West Ham were relegated in 2011 after six consecutive seasons in the Premier League. Avram Grant, previously of the ill-fated Portsmouth, took over from Gianfranco Zola, but was sacked late in the season and replaced by caretaker Kevin Keen. They had a decent League Cup run, making it into the semi-finals, but ultimately lost to Birmingham City (who were also relegated, finishing 18th). Following a 3-0 win against Stoke City, their remaining nine games were all winless. Roberto Martínez's Wigan Athletic put the final nail in the coffin when they came back from 2-0 down to beat West Ham 3-2, and the Hammers were officially relegated. They finished the season on 33 points.

The hint is a reference to 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles', West Ham's theme song.

Wolves were relegated in 2012, after three seasons in the Premier League. They had narrowly avoided relegation in 2011, finishing just one point above Birmingham City, but were not so lucky this time; following a 2-1 win away to Queen's Park Rangers, they failed to win any of their 14 remaining games, suffering two 5-0 defeats against Manchester United (aka Little Red Riding Hood) at home and Fulham away.

A 2-0 loss to title winners Manchester City sealed their doom. They finished on 25 points, with a horrible goal difference of -42; in fact, they failed to keep a clean sheet in thirty consecutive games. Manager Mick McCarthy was sacked in February 2012, with assistant manager Terry Connor holding the fort for the rest of the season during their winless run.

Queen's Park Rangers were relegated in 2013 after six seasons in the Premier League. Following the sacking of Mark Hughes in November 2012, after QPR only got four points from twelve games, Harry Redknapp took over as manager. After beating Sunderland 3-1, they failed to win any of their remaining nine games, with two draws and seven losses.

They finished on 25 points, 11 points behind Wigan Athletic - who learned the meaning of the phrase 'pyrrhic victory' when they won the FA Cup AND got relegated - and were officially relegated following a 0-0 draw with fellow stragglers Reading.

The Guardian described the game as both squads 'putting each other out of their misery'.

Cardiff City were promoted to the Premier League for the first time at the end of the 2012-13 season, but their stay in the Premier League was a short one. They splashed out on new signings Steven Caulker, Gary Medel and Andreas, and won the first South Wales Premier League derby in history, beating Swansea City. However, manager Malky Mackay fell out with chairman Vincent Tan, and was given the ultimatum of resigning or being sacked; he was fired in December after a 3-0 loss to Southampton. Although fans were angry about the decision at first, especially with Tan being a controversial figure when he changed the kit colours from blue to red, a number of texts from Mackay were leaked, containing some rather gruesome racist and homophobic comments about QPR players and staff. One player, Ibrahim Farah - who is of Somali descent - also confirmed on Twitter that he had had racist abuse from Mackay.

Norwegian Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjær took over as manager - the first foreign manager in the club's history - but could not save Cardiff from relegation, and a 3-0 loss to Newcastle sent them down. They finished in 2014 on 30 points.

Still under Harry Redknapp, who had been in charge of them during their last season in the Premier League, QPR were promoted in the 2013-2014 play-offs, but their return to the Premier League for the 2014-2015 season was short-lived. They finished on 30 points and this time, Redknapp did not survive the season; he resigned in February 2015 and academy manager Chris Ramsey took over for the rest of the season, with help from former QPR legend Les Ferdinand and coach Kevin Bond.

A run of poor games between February and May included a 6-0 thrashing by Manchester City and although QPR beat West Bromwich Albion 4-1 and won their penultimate game against Newcastle, they ended their season with a miserable 5-1 loss to Leicester.

Aston Villa had had one of the longest runs in the Premier League at 24 seasons, but it came to a dismal end in 2016. Manager Tim Sherwood was sacked in October 2015 and Kevin MacDonald briefly took over as interim before Remi Garde took over the job. Garde's strict approach led to him dropping Jack Grealish after the young midfielder was found to have gone out clubbing in Manchester following a 4-0 loss to Everton; Grealish had previously been in trouble with Sherwood when he was photographed allegedly inhaling nitrous oxide. Fans also remonstrated with captain Micah Richards, and subs Brad Guzan and Joleon Lescott, when Villa drew 1-1 with League Two side Wycome Wanderers in the FA Cup third round; Lescott and Guzan had angered fans by having a contest to see who could spit their gum the furthest, and the players insulted them back. One angry fan was filmed shouting abuse at Garde and the players as they boarded the team bus.

Garde left by mutual consent in March 2016 and caretaker Eric Black took over for the rest of the season. A 1-0 loss to Manchester United condemned Villa to relegation and they finished on a miserable 17 points, losing 4-0 to Arsenal in their final game.

Sunderland, aka the Black Cats, were relegated in 2017 after ten seasons in the Premier League. They had had a narrow escape the previous season, surviving thanks to a 3-0 win against a struggling Everton (who then manager Sam Allardyce would later go on to manage) and seeing rivals Newcastle go down instead. However, the schadenfreude was short-lived when Sunderland dropped out of the Premier League under David Moyes, Allardyce having been appointed as the new England manager. Everton fans will have no doubt recognised many familiar faces; Steven Pienaar, Darron Gibson, Bryan Oviedo, Victor Anichebe and Joleon Lescott were all part of Moyes' squad. Sunderland finished on 24 points. Apart from a 2-0 away win against Hull City, they failed to win any games between 11th February and the end of the season, when they were thrashed 5-1 by Chelsea.

To add insult to injury, Newcastle were promoted back to the Premier League the following season under Rafa Benitez, while promising young goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was sold to Everton and Sunderland dropped down into League One. The season was documented in 'Sunderland 'Til I Die'.

West Bromwich Albion were relegated in 2018 after a merry-go-round of managers. Tony Pulis was sacked after a ten-game winless run, culminating in a 4-0 loss to Chelsea at the redeveloped Hawthorns. Assistant manager Gary Megson was interim manager for nine days until Alan Pardew's arrival on 29th November. The situation did not improve under Pardew and the club endured a further winless run until beating Brighton 2-0 on 13th January. They then went on another winless run, drawing with Everton and losing eight games in a row. Pardew was sacked at the beginning of April and coach Darren Moore, who had previously worked with Pulis at Portsmouth, took over as interim manager for the rest of the season.

Although West Brom's form picked up slightly under Moore, with draws against Swansea City and Liverpool, away wins against Manchester United (which earned Moore the Manager of the Month Award for April) and Newcastle and a home win against Tottenham, the damage was done. They finished bottom with 31 points.

Huddersfield Town were relegated in 2019. Under David Wagner, they had beaten Sheffield Wednesday to win the play-offs at the end of the 2016-2017 season, and finished their first Premier League season 16th. However, they struggled the following season. Wagner left in January 2019 by mutual consent and was replaced by Jan Siewert, also a former manager of Borussia Dortmund's reserves.

However, the change of manager did not save the Terriers and they were officially relegated as far back as March, following a 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace. At the time, the only other teams to have been relegated with six games left were Ipswich Town in 1995 (the season where they lost 9-0 to Manchester United) and the notoriously bad Derby County side of 2008, who finished on just 11 points. Huddersfield's dismal final total was 16 points, with a goal difference of -54; they also had a winless run of 14 games, having won only three games in the entire season.