"Manchester United is the only team I know that has never been out of the prem"
That answer is incorrect, the only team never to have been relelgated out of the "TOP" league in English Football is Arsenal. Manchester United have only been in the top flight since relegation for 36 years.
Arsenal FC since 1919 and Everton since 1954 are the two longest serving teams in the top league of English Football.
Only one: Peterborough. Three others have been in the top flight but never in the Premier League: Cardiff, Huddersfield and Millwall.
There are a great number of teams that have never been in the top flight. English football has over 140 leagues from which teams can (in theory) rise all the way to the top level.
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Depending on the amount of soccer teams in that country, a team has to be in the top <insert number> of the top league in that country to be entered into the Champions League. In England, it is the top five teams.
You be at the top of your division and play other top teams to make finals
The top four teams qualify for the U.E.F.A. champion league.
The top four teams from the top qualify for the U.E.F.A.
Arsenal have never been relegated from top division under the name of Arsenal F.C
The top two teams in the Spanish La liga qualify for the Champions League.
If I am not wrong, Everton F. C. are the only ones to have never been relegated. Tottenham Hotspurs were never relegated from the Premiership League they never been in the bottom Three and top Four ARSENAL ALSO HAVE NEVER BEEN RELEGATED FROM ENGLANDS TOP FLIGHT. You're wrong about all of those 3. Everton and Arsenal have both, indeed, been relegated from England's to flight (Arsenal (as Woolwich Arsenal) in 1913, Everton in 1930 and again in 1951. It would be ridiculous to claim that Woolwich Arsenal and Arsenal weren't the same club. Tottenham fniished in the top 4 of the Premiership, er, last year.
bottom half of coca cola league 1, top half of scottish division one, top teams could possibly compete with lesser teams of spl