PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS    SEASON 2008-09     GENERAL STATISTICS
Club	Position	First season	Seasons in	First season of	Consecutive top	Top flight	Last title
	2007–08	in top flight	top flight	current spell	flight seasons	titles	won
Arsenal                    a,b,c	3rd	1904–05	92	1919–20	(66+17) 83	13	2003–04
Aston Villa               a,b,c	6th	1888–89	98	1988–89	(4+17) 21	7	1980–81
Blackburn Rovers           a	7th	1888–89	69	2001–02	8	3	1994–95
Bolton Wanderers	16th	1888–89	70	2001–02	8	0	x
Chelsea                   a,b,c	2nd	1907–08	74	1989–90	(3+17) 20	3	2005–06
Everton                    a,b,c	5th	1888–89	106	1954–55	(38+17) 55	9	1986–87
Fulham                          c	17th	1949–50	20	2001–02	8	0	x
Hull City                        c	3rd C	2008–09	1	2008–09	1	0	x
Liverpool                   a,b,c	4th	1894–95	94	1962–63	(30+17) 47	18	1989–90
Manchester City             a	9th	1899–1900	80	2002–03	7	2	1967–68
Manchester United    a,b,c	1st	1892–93	84	1975–76	(17+17) 34	17	2007–08
Middlesbrough                a	13th	1902–03	60	1998–99	11	0	x
Newcastle United           c	12th	1898–99	79	1993–94	16	4	1926–27
Portsmouth                   c	8th	1927–28	32	2003–04	6	2	1949–50
Stoke City                     c	2nd C	1888–89	53	2008–09	1	0	x
Sunderland	15th	1890–91	78	2007–08	2	6	1935–36
Tottenham Hotspur    a,b,c	11th	1909–10	74	1978–79	(14+17) 31	2	1960–61
West Bromwich Albion	1st C	1888–89	72	2008–09	1	1	1919–20
West Ham United	10th	1923–24	52	2005–06	4	0	x
Wigan Athletic               c	14th	2005–06	4	2005–06	4	0	x
a = Founding member of the Premier League
b = Played in every Premier League season
c = Never been relegated from Premier League