Sentences with phrase «out of the top flight»

However, while he initially shone at the KC Stadium, he came in for criticism during his second season at the club as Steve Bruce's outfit dropped out of the top flight.

Six years after their remarkable great escape from the Premier League under current Southend United boss Phil Brown, Steve Bruce's outfit to repeat the feat as they slumped out of the top flight.

Wigan had been circling the drain for the previous three seasons before finally slipping out of the top flight, but under Roberto Martinez the club played some genuinely exciting football with a core of talented players, both young and experienced.

Kane is the top scorer in all competitions out of any top flight player, and took up the fourth striker role as Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert dropped out after the Liverpool man fell out of favour with his club.

West Brom make another attempt at a respectable bow out of the top flight when they host Liverpool...

Leeds have been out of the top flight since the summer of 2004 and are currently on their eleventh manager in five years.

Bolton, West Ham and Hull would almost certainly head the same way if they fell out of the top flight, hence why clubs overreach themselves financially in an effort to stay on board the gravy train that is the Premier League.

Impact of relegation: Newcastle have survived relegation twice in recent years, but if owner Mike Ashley stops subsidising the club after dropping out of the top flight, it will be a grim future for at St James» Park.