West Ham fall with highest relegation points tally since 2011 | OneFootball

West Ham’s relegation under Nuno Espírito Santo will go down as one of the harshest in Premier League history. Despite finishing the season with 39 points, the Hammers still dropped into the Championship on the final day.

That total places West Ham among the unluckiest relegated sides of the 38-game Premier League era. Only two teams have ever gone down with more points: West Ham themselves in 2002/03 with 42, alongside Bolton Wanderers in 1997/98 and Sunderland in 1996/97, who were both relegated with 40 points.

The Hammers now join Birmingham City and Blackpool, who were also relegated with 39 points in the 2010/11 campaign.

Their 2002/03 relegation remains one of the most infamous in Premier League history. Despite boasting a squad featuring Joe Cole, Jermain Defoe, Paolo Di Canio and Michael Carrick, West Ham still went down with a record 42 points.

The overall English top-flight record still belongs to Crystal Palace, who were relegated in 1992/93 with 49 points from a 42-match season, losing out on survival only on goal difference.