West Ham’s 14-year stay in the Premier League came to an end on the final day of the season, despite a victory over Leeds at the London Stadium. The win proved meaningless as results elsewhere condemned the club to relegation to the Championship.
The defeat of Leeds, their second in a row at the London Stadium, was not enough to keep West Ham up. The club had spent 14 consecutive seasons in the top flight before this final-day collapse.
“West Ham relegated from Premier League after 14 years despite beating Leeds on final day.”
Speaking on the Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast, journalist Jacob Steinberg joined the panel to dissect the failures behind West Ham’s decline. The discussion covered the future of the London Stadium, which has been the club’s home since 2016, and what comes next in the Championship. The panel also noted the broader context of the final day, including Tottenham’s narrow survival after beating Everton, but the focus returned to West Ham’s relegation.
The relegation caps a dramatic fall for a club that had established itself in the Premier League under previous managers. The failures behind the decline, as Steinberg and the panel discussed, will now be scrutinised as West Ham prepare for life in the second tier.