It's kind of depressing. A double relegation is something a few of us have - and we don't want it on our… — Matt Doherty Copy Share Image
The pressure of a relegation battle is much worse than fighting for the title. — Aaron Ramsdale Copy Share Image
Relegation has happened to plenty of players who were bigger names than me. — Troy Deeney Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that relegation is the single most traumatic experience you can have in a football career. — David James Copy Share Image
It is always nice to play for the bigger teams, contesting titles and Champions League rather than relegation. — Jay-Jay Okocha Copy Share Image
Relegation means everything to a club, a city, a whole community. People lose their jobs. — Kasper Schmeichel Copy Share Image
Everton always seemed to be fighting relegation when I was supporting them. — Adam Lallana Copy Share Image
I've been in the position where Liverpool needed to win on the last day to reach the Champions League. In May 2000,… — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
It's heartbreaking for the people who work behind the scenes. A lot of people who are at clubs normally get affected by… — Troy Deeney Copy Share Image
At Osasuna I had a difficult experience because of the relegation battle but I always had a place in the team. I… — Carlos Vela Copy Share Image
Owners and chairmen prefer to buy in talent as investments against relegation at one end of the table, or to attain the… — Robbie Savage Copy Share Image
When I went to AC Milan, they were four points away from the relegation zone, and by the end of the season,… — Clarence Seedorf Copy Share Image
From a playing or managing point of view relegation is a blot on your CV that you don't want, but you have… — Steve Bruce Copy Share Image
I went into a club who were sitting dead last in League Two, then I got them out of the relegation zone… — Harry Kewell Copy Share Image
I was relegated at Charlton. At one point we got out of the relegation zone but we then lost two on the… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
When you speak about teams who are experienced in the fight against relegation, the teams are used to handling this kind of… — Daniel Farke Copy Share Image
It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
In terms of not retiring? I don't want to leave and think to myself, "Maybe I should have stayed a bit longer".… — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
I trained with Chelsea for two weeks under Glenn Hoddle when they were in the relegation zone - it was a long… — Ralph Hasenhuttl Copy Share Image
The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't… — Claudio Reyna Copy Share Image
Bolton was another important stage for me. I learned a lot, even if I didn't fight for any titles. We were not… — Marcos Alonso Copy Share Image
In my 20 years in football, I was fortunate enough never to have experienced relegation. And while there is the pressure of… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
I know what it is now to have difficult games in a relegation team. — Andreas Pereira Copy Share Image
Going for titles and medals - who wouldn't want that? Trust me, it's a much nicer feeling than fighting relegation. — Andrew Robertson Copy Share Image
You have to have a life, to be able to compartmentalise the differences between football and home. That, for me, has come… — Aaron Ramsdale Copy Share Image
When I joined QPR in March 2010 we were rock bottom and heading for League One. We conceded too many and didn't… — Neil Warnock Copy Share Image
Bolton was one of the relegation candidates when I got there but we took the club to another level and even had… — Jay-Jay Okocha Copy Share Image
Although there's a lot of pressure when you're fighting relegation, it's totally different when you go into games and you're expected to… — Aaron Ramsdale Copy Share Image
Playing for relegation and livelihoods and people's jobs - that's pressure. Being at the top of the table, we should be enjoying… — Fabinho Copy Share Image
I had no direct experience of a relegation scrap, but with Wales, I never had the luxury of being allowed to lose… — Mark Hughes Copy Share Image
People make relegation out to be a fate worse than death but that's nonsense. If the infrastructure is right, clubs can bounce… — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation.… — George Best Copy Share Image
After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a… — Robbie Fowler Copy Share Image
Relegation hurts, of course. It's one of the things that you will keep forever. But you have to move on as soon… — Patrick Bamford Copy Share Image
