None!.....no team has ever been in the top division throughout their history. No team. Everton played in Div.2 in 1930/31 and 51/52-53/54. Arsenal did so from1893/94-1903/04 and 1913/14, 1914/15. The original Accrington club playes in the Football League from 1888 to 1893 before becoming defunct.
Chat with our AI personalities
Manchester United, Liverpool, arsenal, everton would be 4 definites that never played outside the top 2 divisions of English football
going to come back to this question again after i do a more indept research into the question
Bristol Rovers , Bristol City and Barnsley
Bristol City were last in the top division in 1979. Barnsley spent a season in the Premier League in 1997-98.
The current list is (33 clubs): Accrington, Aldershot, Barnet, Bournemouth, Bristol Rovers, Burton, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Colchester, Crawley, Crewe, Dagenham & Redbridge, Doncaster, Exeter, Fleetwood, Gillingham, Hartlepool, Morecambe, Peterborough, Plymouth, Port Vale, Rochdale, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Shrewsbury, Southend, Stevenage, Torquay, Tranmere, Walsall, Wycombe, Yeovil and York. Not sure if you can count Milton Keynes Dons (formed when Wimbledon were relocated), as the history - trophies, etc - resides with AFC Wimbledon.
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.
Man u
Untrue, they were relegated from the top division in 1974, returning a year later. Not their first relegation either.
Arsenal have never been relegated from top division under the name of Arsenal F.C