It wasn’t strictly true, you’re right.
We were joint 3rd from bottom with Newcastle after the first round of matches, fourth from bottom on alphabetical order, but they played their game against Spurs a day later.
West Ham, Newcastle and Palace were all below us, by the time we kicked off...
I thought it might be handy to have a list of fixtures for our relegation rivals exclusively.
The bottom six clubs’ upcoming fixtures
Wednesday, June 17
18:00 Aston Villa v Sheffield United (Sky Sports)
Friday, June 19
18:00 Norwich v Southampton (Sky Sports)
Saturday, June 20
12:30 Watford...