Top 5: Premier League Survival ‘Great Escapes’

1. West Ham United – 2006/07

In a turbulent season for West Ham, Icelandic businessman Eggert Magnusson bought the club in November 2006, and sacked manager Alan Pardew a few weeks later.

This did little to steady the ship as the Hammers, who had appointed Alan Curbishley as manager, then won just one of their next 12 matches.

Despite stunning the world of football to sign Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez at the start of the campaign, the Hammers found themselves dead last in the table, 10 points adrift off safety with just nine games to play.

But the East London side produced something close to a miracle by winning seven of their last nine matches, including a 1-0 final day win at champions Manchester United – thanks to Tevez’s sixth goal in nine matches.