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In 197980 the club first competed in the top division, finishing in 13th position and being the first team inside therelegationzone.
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Another run of defeats this time five in six put them in therelegationzonefor the first time.
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Results elsewhere pushed them into therelegationzonefor the first time in years.
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The club failed to finish in the top three for the first time, slumping to eighth though safely above therelegationzone.
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Southampton finished 18th in the league, just one point above therelegationzonetheir worst top division finish since their relegation in 1974.
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In his first year he finished third in the competition's top scorers list, but his club could only rank 15th, the last position before therelegationzone.
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Saint-tienne only lost one of the seven matches played during the span, which lifted the club out of therelegationzone.
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Birmingham's ten men held on for the draw, which left them four points clear of therelegationzone.
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Rotherham then dropped to just one position and three points above therelegationzonein 197778.
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Shrewsbury dropped to 14th in 198081, just three points above therelegationzone.
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Blackpool now sat in 18th position, nine points clear of therelegationzonewith nine games remaining.
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Liverpool finished just two places and three points above therelegationzonein 193536, and rose just one place in 193637.
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Sabadell struggled in their return to the second level finishing in 19th place, being the first side in therelegationzone.
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Southampton finished the season in 14th place, four places above therelegationzone, on 41 points.
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Barrow finished the next season in 20th place, just above therelegationzone.
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