Here is a Top 20 list of clubs that have graced the English top flight ordered by the longest period of consecutive seasons each club has managed. There was no league programme during WWI (1915-1919) and WWII (1939 -1946) and as such these are not included in the statistics. Table correct as of the start of the 2009/10 season.

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Top 20 - The Premiership

Arsenal	84	1919 - present
Sunderland	57	1890 - 1958
Everton	56	1954 - present
Liverpool	48	1962 - present
Aston Villa	44	1888 - 1936
Blackburn Rovers	44	1888 - 1936
Sheffield United	37	1893 - 1934
Manchester United	35	1975 - present
Coventry City	34	1967 - 2001
Tottenham Hotspur	32	1978 - present
Newcastle United	32	1898 - 1934
Southampton	27	1978 - 2005
Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	1932 - 1965
Chelsea	25	1930 - 1962
Portsmouth	25	1927 - 1959
Huddersfield Town	25	1920 - 1952
West Bromwich Albion	24	1949 - 1973
Burnley	24	1947 - 1971
Blackpool	23	1937 - 1967
Bolton Wanderers	22	1935 - 1964