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Tottenham Hotspur fans must have hoped that least season’s Premier League performances under Ange Postecoglou were an aberration. It doesn’t look that way.

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The north London side suffered their 13th defeat in 28 league matches to usher in March, going down 2-1 at Fulham. The result left them just four points outside the relegation places. The club has not won in league play in 10 straight matches, dating back to a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in late December.

Thomas Frank was sacked on February 11 following a defeat to Newcastle United, with interim boss Igor Tudor installed in his place through at least the end of the season.

It still feels highly unlikely that Spurs really could be dragged into the bottom three and there are plenty of games left to turn things around, but the mere fact that relegation is even being mentioned is hugely embarrassing for a club named the ninth most valuable soccer team by Forbes in 2025.

If the unthinkable should happen, would it be a first for Spurs? The Sporting News looks through the history books.

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Have Tottenham ever been relegated?

In the Premier League era, Tottenham have never been relegated from the top flight.

The last time Spurs dropped out of the top division was back in 1977, when they were relegated to the second tier under manager Keith Burkinshaw.

They won promotion back to the top table the next season, and they have been ever-present in the highest league since.

Prior to that, Spurs were relegated in 1935 and spent a few decades in the second tier, finally winning promotion to the elite by winning Division 2 in 1950.

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All times Tottenham have been relegated in club history

* There was no league football in England from 1940-1946 due to World War II.
* There was no league football in England from 1916-1919 due to World War I.

What is Tottenham’s worst Premier League finish?

Since the beginning of the Premier League era, Spurs’ poorest season came under Postecoglou in 2024/25, when they finished in 17th place in the table, with 38 points from 38 games.

They were comfortably clear of the relegation places on points, but their form was nonetheless wretched throughout the campaign. The exception of course was in the Europa League: they won the final 1-0 against Manchester United in Bilbao to end a wait of 17 years for a major trophy.

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Prior to that, their lowest-ever finish in a Premier League season was 15th. That was in 1993/94, the second-ever Premier League campaign.

MORE:List of Spurs’ trophies won and all-time finals record

Could Tottenham be relegated this season?

It sounds astonishing to suggest a club of Tottenham’s resources, who had a team in the Champions League final as recently as 2019 and are competing in this season’s Round of 16, could actually drop out of the Premier League.

Yet that is a reality that they could be facing if they do not arrest their poor form quickly.

Spurs have 29 points from their first 26 games of 2025/26, leaving them in 16th place with a four-point cushion to the drop zone. The difference between this season and last is that one of the bottom three have a realistic chance of climbing out of trouble.

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Wolves look to be doomed to the drop and Burnley are eight points from safety, but West Ham United are just two points behind Nottingham Forest and four behind Spurs. What’s more, the Hammers have only lost one of their most recent five league games and will be confident in their chances of getting out of the bottom three.

Spurs also have a daunting run of fixtures coming up. After back-to-back losses to Arsenal and Fulham, they now Crystal Palace and Liverpool either side of the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid.

Tottenham remaining Premier League fixtures

Tottenham have a relatively elementary run-in to the 2025/26 Premier League season.

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They face ‘big six’ clubs just twice from the start of March through the final two months of the campaign, with visits to Liverpool on March 15 and Chelsea on May 17.

Six of their final 10 matches are to come against clubs in the bottom half of the standings as of March 1, with games against fellow relegation candidates Nottingham Forest, Wolves, and Leeds United the most critical of the matches remaining.