Survival Sunday is a term used to refer to final day coverage of the
Premier League
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in
England
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. The phrase is primarily used by
Sky Sports
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,
when relegation places are still to be decided, and is used on all the adverts for the end of season football coverage, a day when all the week's ten matches are scheduled for the same window of time.
The
Fox Sports
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The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...
cable group in the
United States
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also used the branding for the same coverage in 2012, when nine of that day's matches were carried across Fox's cable networks (including those that are not normally devoted to mainstream sports, let alone sports at all), except the
Manchester City
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v.
Queens Park Rangers
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match
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, which was shown on rival network
ESPN2
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, a game that affected both the title race involving City and their
city rivals Manchester United and also relegation battle involving QPR and
Bolton
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(Manchester City won the title in
stoppage time in that match; QPR survived after Bolton drew against
Stoke City). Current U.S. rightsholder
NBC Sports has continued the practice under the branding ''Championship Sunday'' (once again using
NBCUniversal
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networks not typically devoted to sports, such as
Syfy, and in one case,
Golf Channel
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— a network typically devoted to
golf
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). The phrase has since been used by other media to refer to the final matches.
Uses of the term
2004–05 season
On the final day of the
2004–05 FA Premier League, none of the three sides to be
relegated
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had been decided.
Norwich City
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,
Southampton
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,
Crystal Palace
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, and
West Bromwich Albion
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were all separated by just two points going into the final match. It was the first time since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992 that no team was assured of relegation going into the final matchday and the closest dogfight in the top flight since
1927–28, when 11 teams were separated by only two points going into the final matchday, in an era when a win was worth two points instead of today's
three
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* March, the third month
Books
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. Even worse, only one team survived the drop. West Brom (who started the day bottom) needed to beat
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
at
The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 26,688. It has been the home of Championship club West Bromwich Albion since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the cl ...
and they won 2–0 thanks to goals from
Geoff Horsfield
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He was a "strong and forceful" player, able to h ...
and
Kieran Richardson
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Richardson began his career as a trainee at West Ham United, going on to play senior footba ...
meaning Baggies fans were having to nervously wait for other results. Norwich, who started in pole position, were thumped 6–0 at
Fulham and were relegated after a dreadful display. Southampton meanwhile hosted
Manchester United and looked like staying up after a
John O'Shea
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Born in Waterford, O'Shea joined Man ...
own goal but the Irishman set up
Darren Fletcher
Darren Barr Fletcher (born 1 February 1984) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who is currently the technical director of Manchester United, where he spent the majority of his playing career. He mostly played as a centr ...
to equalize before
Ruud van Nistelrooy headed home to send them down. In the other game, Crystal Palace traveled to local rivals
Charlton Athletic and after
Bryan Hughes
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He played as a midfielder from 1994 to 2015, notably Premier League for Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic and Hull City as well as featuring ...
gave them a half time lead,
Dougie Freedman equalized within two minutes of coming on as a substitute before winning a penalty which top scorer
Andy Johnson scored meaning the Eagles looked like staying up but
Jerome Thomas's free kick was headed home by
Jonathan Fortune, the game finished 2–2, relegating them. That meant West Brom became the first team to be bottom at Christmas and stay up, this resulted in the Baggies fans invading The Hawthorns pitch, Portsmouth fans joined in as their local rivals Southampton were relegated, Albion also stayed up with the lowest ever points tally in the
Premier League
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for a surviving team with 34.
2007–08 season
On the final day of the
2007–08 Premier League
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season,
Derby County
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Founded in 188 ...
had long-since been relegated in bottom place after experiencing the worst season in Premier League history (the Rams only won a single game all season, going an astonishing 1-8-29), but the other two relegation spots were still yet to be filled, and four teams could go down:
Birmingham City
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Sin ...
,
Bolton Wanderers,
Fulham, and
Reading. Fulham were level on points with Reading but had slightly a better goal difference. Matches kicked off at 16:00 BST. In the end, Birmingham City went down by a point to Fulham despite having a better goal difference to Fulham and despite winning 4–1 against
Blackburn Rovers
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. Reading beat Derby County 4–0 at
Pride Park
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but still went down on goal difference by 3 goals to Fulham who beat
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
1–0 at
Fratton Park to stay up before Bolton Wanderers equalized in the 92nd minute against
Chelsea
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Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
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* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
to confirm their Premier League status.
2008–09 season
On the final day of the
2008–09 Premier League
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season, two teams from four would go down (West Brom were already relegated):
Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...
,
Middlesbrough
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Until the early 1800s, the a ...
,
Newcastle United, and
Sunderland. The matches were played at 16:00 BST. The four teams were separated by four points before kick-off. Two hours later, Middlesbrough & Newcastle United were relegated despite having a better goal difference than Hull City. All four teams lost on the final day: Hull 1–0 to
Manchester United, Middlesbrough 2–1 to
West Ham
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, Newcastle 1–0 to
Aston Villa and Sunderland 3–2 to
Chelsea
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* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
.
2010–11 season
On the last day of the
2010–11
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season, five teams —
Wolves
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,
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...
,
Birmingham City
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Sin ...
,
Blackpool and
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...
— battled to avoid the two open relegation spots (
West Ham
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The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancient ...
were already relegated). All five teams were separated by one point, marking the first time since 1995–96 that five teams had entered the season's final day in danger of relegation, and the first time ever that five teams facing the drop were separated by one point going into the final matchday.
After 37 matches, Blackburn and Wolves were each on 40 points, with Blackburn having the edge on goal difference (–14 to –19). The other three sides were on 39, separated only by goal difference (Birmingham City –20, Blackpool –21, Wigan –22).
Wolves hosted Blackburn at
Molineux. Both sides entered the match knowing that if they won, they were assured of staying up. The other teams facing relegation played away to teams whose motivation for a peak performance was arguably limited. Birmingham were at fifth-placed
Tottenham
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. While Spurs could secure a
Europa League place with a win, manager
Harry Redknapp suggested prior to the match that he would rather avoid the fixture congestion that comes with that competition.
On the other hand, Spurs entered the final matchday top of the Premier League Fair Play table, which would have given them a Europa League berth regardless of their result. However, if they had entered by that method, they had to start their European campaign in the first qualifying round on 30 June, giving them an incentive to win. Blackpool were at champions
Manchester United, who faced
Barcelona
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in the
Champions League final
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next Saturday.
In the remaining match, Wigan played at mid-table
Stoke City. All games except Wolves v Blackburn were shown live on Sky Sports.
The day proved almost as dramatic as the 2004–05 dogfight.
First half
At Molineux, Blackburn took a 3–0 lead into the halftime break.
At the same time, two of the other key matches—Stoke–Wigan
and Spurs–Birmingham
—were both scoreless, and Blackpool were level 1–1 at
Old Trafford.
At that moment, Wolves and Wigan were in the drop zone.
Second half
The second half of all matches saw many twists and turns, with changes in the virtual table occurring several times. First, in the 49th minute at
White Hart Lane
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,
Roman Pavlyuchenko
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scored to give Spurs a 1–0 lead, sending Birmingham into the drop zone.
Then, in the 57th minute at Old Trafford,
Gary Taylor-Fletcher gave Blackpool a stunning 2–1 lead against a United team that had dropped only two points at home all season. But five minutes later,
Anderson
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equalised.
In the 73rd minute at Molineux,
Jamie O'Hara pulled back one goal for Wolves, although at that moment they were still in the drop zone.
Then, in the 74th minute, Blackpool suffered a shattering turn of fortune when
Ian Evatt deflected a United cross into his own goal,
putting Blackpool into the drop zone and taking Wolves out of it.
The next turn of fortune came in the 78th minute at the
Britannia Stadium
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, where
Hugo Rodallega scored for Wigan to give them a cushion of safety, and ultimately a 1–0 win.
One minute later at White Hart Lane,
Craig Gardner
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equalised for Birmingham,
which took Birmingham out of the drop zone at Wolves' expense. In the meantime,
Michael Owen
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sealed the Seasiders' fate with a goal for United in the 81st minute, giving them a 4–2 lead. Although the Old Trafford crowd sincerely applauded Blackpool post-match, it was scant consolation for their supporters.
Wolves would exit the drop zone in the 87th minute, when
Stephen Hunt pulled back a second goal against Blackburn, narrowing the deficit to 2–3 (which proved to be the final score). At that moment, they would have stayed up on goals scored over Birmingham.
Finally, in stoppage time, Pavlyuchenko scored his second goal to give Spurs a 2–1 victory and seal Birmingham's fate.
When word came of Pavlyuchenko's second goal, both sets of fans at Molineux celebrated, first by singing songs in the stands
and then
storming the pitch at the final whistle.
In the end, Birmingham and Blackpool were relegated along with West Ham in the
Championship
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Title match system
In this system ...
next season.
2014–15 season
On the final day of the
2014–15 season, two teams:
Newcastle United and
Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...
, both battled to avoid the final relegation spot available (
Burnley
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and
Queens Park Rangers
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were relegated two weeks prior). Hull hosted
Manchester United at the
KC Stadium
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, and Newcastle hosted
West Ham United
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at
St James' Park
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St James' Pa ...
. On goal difference, Hull led Newcastle by seven goals (–18 to –25). Hull needed to win and hope that Newcastle failed to win against West Ham to stand any chance of survival. However, it went against them, as Newcastle won 2–0, meaning that Hull were relegated along with Burnley and QPR in the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
the following season. The Hull-Manchester United match ended 0–0.
2019–20 season
On the final day of the
2019–20 season, fans knew only one out of
Watford
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Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...
,
Aston Villa, and
Bournemouth would survive (
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...
were already relegated). Villa and Watford were tied on 34 points, with Villa above Watford by one goal, while Bournemouth were three points and one goal behind Villa. All three teams played away from home on the last day: Villa at
West Ham United
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, Watford at
Arsenal and Bournemouth at
Everton. Bournemouth had to win and hoped that both Villa and Watford lose to stand any chance of survival, while whoever had the better result among Villa and Watford would be guaranteed safety. In the end, Watford were relegated after a 3-2 loss despite a valiant comeback effort, while Bournemouth went down despite winning 3-1 due to Aston Villa’s 1-1 draw at West Ham.
Jack Grealish scored what proved to be the goal that sealed Villa's survival in the 84th minute, and then held on for the last five nerve-shredding minutes after
Michail Antonio
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Antonio began his career at non-League club Tooting & Mit ...
equalised for the Hammers.
NBC Sports also scaled back the number of games broadcast over the air starting with this season, instead opting to air the matches that impacted the top-four and relegation, leaving the rest of the five matches to their new streaming service,
Peacock.
2021–22 season
On the final day of the
2021–22 season,
Burnley
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and
Leeds United
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, who were tied on 35 points, battled to avoid the final relegation spot available (Norwich City and Watford were already relegated). Burnley had the edge over Leeds on goal difference by 20 goals. Burnley needed to match Leeds’ result to ensure safety, while Leeds needed to better that of Burnley. Burnley hosted
Newcastle United, while Leeds travelled to
Brentford.
The end result, however, was
Jack Harrison's last minute comeback against Brentford.
Raphinha opened the scoring with a second-half penalty, before
Sergi Canós
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Canós began his career in the Barcelona Academy and transferred to the Liverpool Academy in 2013. A fringe player a ...
equalized with ten minutes to go, only for Canós to then get two yellow cards in as many minutes (the first for over-celebration of his goal, the second for a foul on Raphinia) which, along with their having no substitutes left after
Kristoffer Ajer went off injured, reduced the Bees to nine men. The game would ultimately end in a 2–1 victory to
Jesse Marsch
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's side after Harrison's late winner, though even a draw would have kept them up in the end. On the other hand, Newcastle, who spent most of the first half in a relegation dogfight, took the lead against Burnley after only 18 minutes when
Nathan Collins committed a handball while defending from a corner kick;
Callum Wilson
Callum Eddie Graham Wilson (born 27 February 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.
Early life
Wilson was born in Coventry, West Midlands. H ...
scored from the resulting penalty, before getting another goal early in the second half. A consolation goal from
Maxwel Cornet
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wasn't enough, so that meant after six consecutive seasons in the Premier League, the Clarets went down to the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
.
Consequently, Leeds United became the first side since
Wigan Athletic in 2011 to survive after starting the final day in the bottom three
US media coverage
In the United States, NBC Sports carries exclusive coverage of the Premier League. All season long, matches air on
NBC
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,
CNBC
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and
USA Network
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. However on Championship Sunday matches often air on networks that do not generally air Premier League soccer, these networks include:
*
Golf Channel
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(2019–present)
*
SYFY (2014–2019, 2022–present)
*
MSNBC
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(2014–2019)
*
Olympic Channel
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(2017–2019)
*
NBC Sports Regional Networks (2018–2019)
*
Bravo (2014–2018)
*
E! (2014–2018)
*
Oxygen
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(2014–2018)
*
Esquire Network
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(2014–2016)
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