As Sheffield United prepare for life back in the Championship after being relegated with 16 points, BBC Sport looks at how the Premier League's worst teams have fared after going down.
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder will look to do what Roy Keane did at Sunderland, while Robbie Savage was part of a Derby team who struggled back in the ChampionshipThe Blades suffered a dismal campaign, as they won just three times and set an unwanted Premier League record for goals conceded with a whopping 104.
The Wearsiders lost all of their final 15 league games of the season and finished a whopping 25 points adrift of safety. Driven on by that near miss, McCarthy led them to the title the following season with 94 points. Although success wasn't particularly lasting - more on that later...Now looking forward to a first-ever season in the Champions League - and a first at European club football's top table since 1982-83 - things were very different for Villa nine years ago.
Championship promotion expert Steve Bruce came in but could only guide them to 13th, as they finished 18 points off the play-offs and 31 off the top two. Young German coach Jan Siewert came in as his replacement and their inevitable relegation was confirmed by a 2-0 loss at Crystal Palace on 30 March.after a 1-0 home defeat by League One Lincoln in the Carabao Cup in just the third game of the season.a few weeks later off the back of leading Lincoln to two promotions in three seasons from the National League to League One.
The Black Cats' joint top scorers were four players who finished with three goals each and their final tally of 15 points was boosted by a penultimate-day win over Fulham, long after relegation had been confirmed.Ex-Black Cats striker Niall Quinn found himself as both chairman and manager when the season began after a summer takeover.
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