Is the double drop from the Premier League becoming more common?

Back-to-back relegations from Premier League to League One have become statistically more common; Burnley could become the third team in three years to suffer the double drop.

Back-to-back relegations from the Premier League to the third tier were once exceptionally rare in English football. In the first 20 seasons of the Premier League, it happened just once — to Swindon Town in 1994-95, and only due to special circumstances around division rebalancing.

Since Wolves were relegated in 2011-12, the pattern has accelerated dramatically. Four teams have now suffered the double drop in 14 seasons: Wolves, Sunderland, Luton Town, and Leicester City. With Burnley currently marooned in the Championship relegation zone under new manager Fabio Celestini, they could become the third team in three years to make the descent.

Each club's collapse has followed a similar pattern of mismanagement. Wolves burned through four managers and made poor transfers. Sunderland finished bottom of both divisions, winning just 13 of 84 league matches. Leicester's fall was sealed by a six-point deduction for profit and sustainability breaches, leaving them 23rd in the Championship. Former EFL pundit Jobi McAnuff attributes these failures to squad mismanagement rather than a broader trend, though Burnley fans may see troubling parallels at Turf Moor.