It was in March of 2009 that Newcastle, the team too good to go down, stumbled into a Premier League relegation zone from which they would emerge only briefly before their fate was sealed. They were ...
Alan Smith (right) and Paul Robinson console each other after Leeds United's 2004 relegation Illustration: Eamonn Dalton/The Athletic; Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images; Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images; ...