Tottenham Hotspur is currently 18th in the Premier League, facing relegation with only six matches left. They have not won a league game in 2026, while Brighton, their next opponent, has won four of their last five matches.
Key points
Tottenham Hotspur is 18th in the Premier League table.
They are two points away from relegation safety.
Spurs have not won a Premier League game in 2026.
Brighton has won four out of their last five matches.
Tottenham last faced relegation in 1935.
Tottenham HotspurBrighton and Hove AlbionPremier LeagueWest Ham
They’re not going down, right? They’re too big to go down.
Saturday, April 18 sees Spurs hosting manager Roberto De Zerbi’s old club Brighton and Hove Albion, who have won four out of their last five games in the Premier League. Spurs, on the other hand, have not won a Premier League game in 2026, with the team from North London only getting five points in the last fourteen games.
Members of England’s ‘Big Six,’ last year’s Europa League winners, dropped out of the top division with a 22nd-place finish in 1977. Before that, Tottenham hadn't been relegated since 1935.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Leeds United misses a headed chance while under pressure from Leny Yoro of Manchester United at Old Trafford on April 13, 2026 in Manchester, England. Leeds United won the match, 2-1.
Q&A
What position is Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League standings?
Tottenham Hotspur is currently in 18th place in the Premier League standings.
How many points away is Tottenham from avoiding relegation?
Tottenham is two points away from 17th-place West Ham, which holds the last survival spot.
When was the last time Tottenham Hotspur was relegated from the top division?
Tottenham Hotspur was last relegated from the top division in 1935.
Who is Tottenham's next opponent in the Premier League?
Tottenham's next opponent is Brighton and Hove Albion, scheduled for Saturday, April 18.
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Players, match officials and fans take part in a moment of silence as a fan mosaic depicting "DJ20" is displayed in memory of late Liverpool star Diogo Jota.
"The fact we are mentioning Spurs going down is unbelievable. It's absolutely ridiculous, really,” former Spurs player Danny Murphy told BBC Sport back in February. “Whether you blame recruitment or the owners, it would be catastrophic for that club.”
Absolutely ridiculous or not, Spurs’ possible relegation is only the most recent example of a massive team’s unthinkable relegation both in Europe and outside of it. With Spurs teetering on the edge, these are some other teams that were “too big” to go down.
Micky van de Ven of Tottenham Hotspur dejected following defeat in the Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur at Stadium of Light on April 12, 2026 in Sunderland, England.
Micky van de Ven of Tottenham Hotspur dejected following defeat in the Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur at Stadium of Light on April 12, 2026 in Sunderland, England.
Supporters of River Plate react after the team was relegated to the second division after the Argentina Promotion football match against Belgrano, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on June 26, 2011.
Supporters of River Plate react after the team was relegated to the second division after the Argentina Promotion football match against Belgrano, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on June 26, 2011.
One of, if not the biggest, relegations in the history of South American soccer, River Plate's relegation shook an entire country.
River’s relegation was sealed in a promotion/relegation play-off that had to be abandoned as the crowd rioted with the home side 3-1 down. In the hours after River Plate’s relegation, more than 70 people were injured in incidents both inside River’s Monumental stadium and outside of it, according to reports from the Guardian.
“There’s a state of mourning,” Marcelo Roffe, president of the Argentine Association of Sports Psychology, told Argentinian paper La Nacion in 2011. “Some face the situation, but many choose to shut themselves away, miss work, or not interact with their office colleagues.”
River bounced back immediately, winning the second division, spending only one year in the second tier of Argentinian soccer.
The Athletico Madrid team before the Spanish Primera Liga A game between Athletico Madrid and Real Zaragoza at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain.
The Athletico Madrid team before the Spanish Primera Liga A game between Athletico Madrid and Real Zaragoza at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain.
Embattled by financial woes and a criminal investigation against its chairman, Jesus Gil, for corruption, Atletico fell out of La Liga after 65 years, finishing 19th out of 20 teams. The team’s fall came only four years after "los Colchoneros” won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, securing a domestic double.
“It was a season so full of paradoxes,” DAZN commentator Fran Guillen told The Athletic. “It was a perfect storm caused by what happened with Gil, and it ended up pushing the project to the abyss.
Atletico’s return was not as quick as other members of this list, as the team from Madrid spent two seasons in the second division before returning to La Liga.
English soccer player Bobby Charlton of Manchester United FC, greeting the crowd while leaving Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, UK, 28th April 1973.
English soccer player Bobby Charlton of Manchester United FC, greeting the crowd while leaving Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, UK, 28th April 1973.
Years before Tottenham’s last relegation, United’s drop in 1974 is one of the most dramatic in the history of English football.
Only six years before, in 1968, United reached the pinnacle of European football, winning the old European Cup at Wembley against Eusebio’s Benfica. But the drama of dropping down to the second division was not enough.
The “Red Devils” relegation was sealed by United legend Denis Law, who scored the goal that secured their relegation while playing for city rivals Manchester City, according to UK publication The Times.
Manchester United returned in a flash, winning the second division on their first try.
Hamburg’s relegation was so unthinkable for its fans that the team proudly displayed a stadium clock that counted their uninterrupted time in the Bundesliga.
But eventually, the clock froze as the "Die Rothosen" were relegated to the German second division back in 2018. Up until the moment of their drop, Hamburg were the only team in German soccer that had never been relegated from the Bundesliga since its creation in 1963.
European champions in 1983 and one of Germany’s most historic clubs, the team's relegation had been a real possibility for years as they survived the drop by the skin of its teeth both in 2015 and 2016
Hamburg's players leave the pitch after the German first division Bundesliga football match Hamburger SV vs Borussia Moenchengladbach, in Hamburg, northern Germany, on May 12, 2018.
Hamburg's players leave the pitch after the German first division Bundesliga football match Hamburger SV vs Borussia Moenchengladbach, in Hamburg, northern Germany, on May 12, 2018.
Back in 2023, Hamburg thought they had earned automatic promotion when they beat Sandhausen 1-0 on the final day, before victory was snatched from their hands by Heidenheim, who scored a 99th-minute winner to send Hamburg to a promotion-relegation playoff.
Hamburg would go on and lose the playoff to Stuttgart, extending their time in the second tier until their promotion last May.
Schalke: 2021
Kerim Calhanoglu of FC Schalke 04 looks dejected after the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at Veltins-Arena on March 05, 2021, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Kerim Calhanoglu of FC Schalke 04 looks dejected after the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at Veltins-Arena on March 05, 2021, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Another German entry on this list, Schalke, had qualified for the Champions League eight times since 2000 and even reached the semifinals in 2011. The team where Manuel Neuer, Mesut Ozil, Leroy Sane and more debuted professionally, Schalke’s drop to the second tier was a surprise to its fans, even to this day.
“When I speak to other fans about the relegation sometimes, we’re still not quite sure how it happened,” Niklas Heising, journalist for German newspaper Bild, told The Athletic.
Schalke’s relegation was confirmed by a 1-0 defeat to Arminia Bielefeld in 2021 in a mostly empty stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After that result, they returned to their Veltins-Arena stadium to meet a group of 500 fans. The players were pelted by eggs and chased around the stadium by angry fans before police arrived to intervene, according to German website Sport 1.
“Die Königsblauen’s” time in the second division was short, winning it on their first try. But their time back in the Bundesliga lasted only a year, with Schalke dropping down again. Today, the team is leading the second division with hopes of being promoted once again.
