PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS    SEASON 2008-09     GENERAL STATISTICS
Club Position First season Seasons in First season of Consecutive top Top flight Last title  
  2007–08   in top flight  top flight  current spell flight seasons titles   won
Arsenal                    a,b,c 3rd 1904–05 92 1919–20 (66+17) 83 13 2003–04
Aston Villa               a,b,c 6th 1888–89 98 1988–89 (4+17) 21 7 1980–81
Blackburn Rovers           a 7th 1888–89 69 2001–02 8 3 1994–95
Bolton Wanderers 16th 1888–89 70 2001–02 8 0 x
Chelsea                   a,b,c 2nd 1907–08 74 1989–90 (3+17) 20 3 2005–06
Everton                    a,b,c 5th 1888–89 106 1954–55 (38+17) 55 9 1986–87
Fulham                          c 17th 1949–50 20 2001–02 8 0 x
Hull City                        c 3rd C 2008–09 1 2008–09 1 0 x
Liverpool                   a,b,c 4th 1894–95 94 1962–63 (30+17) 47 18 1989–90
Manchester City             a 9th 1899–1900 80 2002–03 7 2 1967–68
Manchester United    a,b,c 1st 1892–93 84 1975–76 (17+17) 34 17 2007–08
Middlesbrough                a 13th 1902–03 60 1998–99 11 0 x
Newcastle United           c 12th 1898–99 79 1993–94 16 4 1926–27
Portsmouth                   c 8th 1927–28 32 2003–04 6 2 1949–50
Stoke City                     c 2nd C 1888–89 53 2008–09 1 0 x
Sunderland 15th 1890–91 78 2007–08 2 6 1935–36
Tottenham Hotspur    a,b,c 11th 1909–10 74 1978–79 (14+17) 31 2 1960–61
West Bromwich Albion 1st C 1888–89 72 2008–09 1 1 1919–20
West Ham United 10th 1923–24 52 2005–06 4 0 x
Wigan Athletic               c 14th 2005–06 4 2005–06 4 0 x
a = Founding member of the Premier League    
b = Played in every Premier League season    
c = Never been relegated from Premier League