blahblahblah 2 Posted May 19, 2013 Do you need 40 points to survive in the Premier League ?18th and 17th place points totals since 20 teams started in 95/96Year 18, 1795/96 38, 3896/97 40, 4197/98 40, 4098/99 36, 4199/00 33, 3600/01 34, 4201/02 36, 4002/03 42, 4403/04 33, 3904/05 33, 3405/06 34, 3806/07 38, 3807/08 36, 3608/09 34, 3509/10 30, 3510/11 39, 4011/12 36, 3712/13 36, 3940 points has been needed for survival only once since 02/03.On average, the 18th placed team gets 36 points per season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,385 Posted May 19, 2013 [quote user="blahblahblah"]Do you need 40 points to survive in the Premier League ?18th and 17th place points totals since 20 teams started in 95/96Year 18, 1795/96 38, 3896/97 40, 4197/98 40, 4098/99 36, 4199/00 33, 3600/01 34, 4201/02 36, 4002/03 42, 4403/04 33, 3904/05 33, 3405/06 34, 3806/07 38, 3807/08 36, 3608/09 34, 3509/10 30, 3510/11 39, 4011/12 36, 3712/13 36, 3940 points has been needed for survival only once since 02/03.On average, the 18th placed team gets 36 points per season.[/quote]Actually Blah, it''s 37 that would have been enough this year.[;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted May 19, 2013 It''s just the safety mark I guess, the average usually falls below 40 points, so it''s a good marker as you probably won''t need that many anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monty13 2,231 Posted May 19, 2013 Isn''t that the point though? Get to forty points and you have almost guaranteed survival? Thats why it was the aim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downloads 35 Posted May 19, 2013 Its a nice round number.As a rough average its not bad give or take.No one has ever said its an absolute 40 points, its a just an indicator. If everyone had to add caveats to explain every sentence they spoke, it would be a boring world and a boring game to read about. I''ll keep using 40 points as the guide as most people know what you mean when you say this, its a nice round number, it doesn''t really matter if the average in reality is 38 or 39 or whatever, its just a number. People should get over it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city4eva 209 Posted May 19, 2013 [quote user="blahblahblah"]Do you need 40 points to survive in the Premier League ? 18th and 17th place points totals since 20 teams started in 95/96 Year 18, 17 95/96 38, 38 96/97 40, 41 97/98 40, 40 98/99 36, 41 99/00 33, 36 00/01 34, 42 01/02 36, 40 02/03 42, 44 03/04 33, 39 04/05 33, 34 05/06 34, 38 06/07 38, 38 07/08 36, 36 08/09 34, 35 09/10 30, 35 10/11 39, 40 11/12 36, 37 12/13 36, 39 40 points has been needed for survival only once since 02/03. On average, the 18th placed team gets 36 points per season.[/quote] blahblahblahblah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Power Hamster 0 Posted May 19, 2013 Remember 1984/5 when we were relegated with 49 points from 42 games, which is equivalent to 44 points from a 38 game season.40 is normally enough but you can''t always rely on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spudgfsh 0 Posted May 19, 2013 technically, 36 points would be enough as long as you had a better goal difference or had an equal goal difference and had scored more goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites