Even with the parachute, the financial blow of relegation from the top tier can be crippling.
We need to take points because I believe we can get out of relegation.
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Salihovic netted the penalty and Hoffenheim held on to earn a relegation playoff against Kaiserslautern.
Sunderland had sprung a surprise by beating Everton thus relieving some of their relegation concerns.
But this second relegation in three years might just lead to the extinction of the Tigers.
The club is now in the relegation zone, with just two points from five games.
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The joint managers saw their side heavily beaten by Offaly in Saturday's relegation play-off in Dublin.
Relegation would be a disaster and they could both be playing, quite literally, for their future.
Unfortunately, Spurs seemed to struggle again this weekend in an away match against relegation-fighters Wigan Athletic.
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Through promotion and relegation, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season.
But Jones says that Barnsley remain as dangerous as ever despite their battle to avoid relegation.
Wilson took over at Victoria Park in June following Pools' relegation from League One.
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The Dragons now have just their League Two relegation struggle left to occupy them this season.
Charlie Adam eased Stoke's relegation fears after by securing a 1-0 victory over Norwich.
Relegation from the football league would sink the club into the depths of despair.
The U's have consistently struggled financially following relegation from the Football League in 2005.
With three games left Hull are in the Premier League relegation zone, three points off safety.
The latest victim of the relegation sword is English Premier League team West Bromwich-Albion.
He also revealed the torment the Burnley players were feeling following the confirmation of their relegation.
The defeat left Gianfranco Zola's struggling West Ham side just a point above the relegation zone.
He performed heroically as they fought relegation, but they eventually finished four points adrift of safety.
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Everton are 13th in the table and only three points above the relegation zone.
Worcester currently stand in 19th, just two points and a place away from relegation trouble.
So who is destined for the play-offs and who will end up in a relegation scrap?
"I've been through the experience of relegation while I was at Shrewsbury, " he said.
Sheffield Wednesday's relegation decider against Crystal Palace was also marred by a pitch invasion on Sunday.
Here's how well that worked: QPR avoided relegation on the last day of the season.
As a result, both Rhayader and Haverfordwest - last season's two bottom clubs - escaped relegation.
My first job was to stop every year being a relegation fight which we've managed.
Relegation followed the next season, and Gradi left in January 1981 to join Crystal Palace.
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