Rob Edwards has stood publicly defiant for months, and at one stage appeared to believe a dramatic escape from relegation was possible. That hope evaporated after a 3-0 defeat to fellow strugglers Leeds United on Saturday, leaving the boyhood fan and manager with little optimism.<\/p>\n
Wolverhampton Wanderers endured a woeful start, failing to win any of their first 19 Premier League matches and collecting just three points at the halfway stage. There has been a late improvement: since the turn of the year Wolves have taken 14 points from as many league games, comfortably more than both Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur. That resurgence, however, came too late to change the outcome.<\/p>\n
This outcome places Wolves among the earliest relegations in Premier League history. Data via Opta shows the club join a list of premature exits: Southampton (2024\u201325) were relegated with seven games remaining; Ipswich Town (1994\u201395), Derby County (2007\u201308), Huddersfield Town (2018\u201319) and Sheffield United (2020\u201321) were condemned with six games left. Several others, including Leicester City (1994\u201395) and Fulham (2018\u201319), went down with five matches to play. Wolverhampton Wanderers are recorded as relegated in 2025\u201326 with five games remaining.<\/p>\n
Southampton set a fresh low last season, being relegated after 31 matches. The Saints\u2019 decline was attributed in the draft to transfer and on-field errors and to the makeup of the squad assembled by Ivan Juri\u0107, who complained of their \u201cna\u00efvety,\u201d labelling them \u201cinnocent kids.\u201d Sometimes, Juri\u0107 argued, they needed “to be more malicious, [and have] a little more evil to win the game.” Derby County\u2019s 2007\u201308 side still hold the unwanted record low of 11 points; they lasted until Gameweek 32, while this Wolves side lasted one week longer.<\/p>\n
Wolves\u2019 fate is now sealed, and the relegation heap grows. Burnley remain in a perilous position too; the Clarets have won just one Premier League game since October. Scott Parker\u2019s side were half an hour away from adding to that tally against Nottingham Forest only to \u201cfall away,\u201d to use the embittered manager\u2019s own words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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