Sunderland (2002-03)
The Black Cats recorded the longest losing streak by any English top division side this season with a 17 game spell in which they lost every single game. The shock with this relegation was huge slide which had taken place with striker Kevin Phillips bagging the European Golden Shoe after scoring 30 goals in the 1999-00 season, also Sunderland finishing an impressive seventh in both that season and the following one.