10 of the craziest Premier League facts: Part 1

#5 West Ham’s negative goal difference woes

The hammers could never stop conceding more than they scored

West Ham have been Premier League regulars with the 2017/18 season being their 21st season in the top flight. They have had some memorable seasons in the Premier League finishing as high as 5th in the 1998/99 season.

One surprising fact of their Premier League stay has been their consistency in finishing the season with a negative goal difference. In fact, it is only in the 2015/16 season that the Hammers managed to score more than they let in, that too for the first time since the 1985/86 season.

Considering their poor start to the 2017/18 season which is highlighted by their position in the league table, another season of negative goal difference seems to be on the cards.

#4 Sebastien Bassong’s relegation curse

Bassong has a total of 6 relegations in is locker to boast about

The Premier league’s most cursed player in terms of relegations, Sebastien Bassong would want to wish for better fortune. The Cameroonian defender has been relegated a record 4 times with three different Premier League teams, more than any other player.

The teams which he took down include Newcastle (2009), Wolverhampton (2012) and Norwich (2014 and 2016). In fact, removing Bassong’s three forgettable years at Tottenham, the defender has faced relegation in 4 of the remaining 5 premier league seasons.

Bassong’s relegation woes have accompanied him from the very beginning of his career having been relegated twice with his boyhood club Metz in 2006 and 2008.

What a poor chap!