5 Teams You Might Not Know Played In The Premier League

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#1 Swindon Town

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Swindon battle against Norwich and Chris Sutton in their sole EPL season

Swindon's first season in the EPL was also their first in the top division ever in their history, a remarkable feat. The manager who got them there, Glenn Hoddle, moved to the bigger Chelsea before the start of the season but his assistant John Gorman fared less well.

Swindon never adjusted to the pace and skill of the top league. They won a mere five games, and incredibly conceded exactly 100 goals; this is a record that has yet to be broken.

Forward Jan Age Fjortoft was one of the only players to play anywhere near well enough in the EPL for Swindon, scoring 12 goals, but he was sold halfway through the following campaign, and Swindon suffered a second successive relegation to Division Two.

They've fluctuated between these two leagues since then and may have to wait a long time for their second season in top-flight English football.

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Edited by Zeeshan Ali
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