Top flight faithfuls Everton can survive

Everton are currently situated in the Premier League relegation zone after having finished fourth last season to qualify to the Champions League for the first time.

But lately, Everton showed signs of revival and under David Moyes they can retain their Premier League status to keep a remarkable record intact.

The Blues boast the second most impressive positive sequence in the top flight behind Arsenal.

Everton are very proud to have gone through an uninterrupted run of 51 seasons in the top grade of the English game. They have been relegated only twice, the last time in season 1950-51.

After a short spell in Division Two, they returned in 1954 to keep the flag flying to this very day.

Hence, the threat of relegation at Goodison Park leaves their large army of fans in a very sad mood.

After gaining a mere win in eight Premiership outings, the atmosphere was indeed dismal. But in their next game they drew 1-1 at home to runaway leaders Chelsea to halt the Londoners' 100 per cent record.

That lion-hearted performance against Chelsea has given the Merseysiders the boost they needed to start pulling themselves away from a dire position as they backed that result with an away win at Birmingham last Saturday.

Everton, one of the founder members of the Football League way back in 1888-89, are now looking forward to keep their consistent run going.

Statistics on right show all present 92 clubs in the English game along with the season in which they were last demoted.

The structure of the League along the years reads as follows:

1888-1892: Football League.

1892-1920: FL Division 1, Division 2.

1920-1958: FL Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 North, Division 3 South.

1958-1992: FL Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, Division 4.

1992-2004: FA Premier, FL First Division, Second Division, Third Division.

2004: FA Premier, FL The Championship, League One, League Two.