The worst starts to a Premier League season
Sheffield United have endured a nightmare start to the Premier League season with the Blades rooted to the bottom of the table and without a win.
Paul Heckingbottom’s side have picked up just a single point from their opening 10 games of the season, in what has been a challenging first few months back in the top tier of English football.
Can the Blades bounce back and climb from trouble" We’ve looked at the worst starts to a season in Premier League history after 10 games and how those sides ended the campaign.
The worst starts to a Premier League season after 10 games:
Manchester City – 1995/96 – 2 points – (GD – 12)
For fans of a certain age, it might be difficult to remember a time when Manchester City were not hoovering up every trophy in sight. The Citizens bounced around the divisions during the first decade of the Premier League however, including during the 1995/96 season in which the club were relegated. City opened the season with a 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham, but lost their next eight Premier League games on the bounce. A goalless draw with Leeds halted that run, but Alan Ball’s side won just two points from their opening 11 games.
City improved – including a five-game unbeaten run in November – but it was not enough to survive.
A tense last day of the season saw City, Southampton and Coventry all head into their final fixtures on 37 points. City fought back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw aga...
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