From financial mismanagement to scandals, awful decision-making to just dreadful form - across the footballing globe, big clubs do go down.
Tottenham Hotspur, though, with a world-class arena, elite training centre, roll-away pitch and pints that fill up from the bottom, would surely be the Premier League's all-time shock relegation.
So with things getting dicey in north London, we're looking at the most surprising clubs to drop since the competition began in 1992.
Champions have tumbled, legends fallen, cup winners crumbled and ever-presents become also-rans - have your say and rank the clubs "too good to go down".
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