The Premier League has had its fair share of whipping boys over the past three decades, teams who disgrace the top flight with their presence by playing atrocious football and barely scraping a few wins together. The so-called Best League In The World has had some pretty terrible sides in it over the years, and this season may have the worst yet.Wolves are rooted to the bottom of the table with just two points from their opening 11 games. They are yet to pick up a victory and have already conceded 25 goals.The numbers only tell part of the story, because they have been truly wretched on the pitch; it’s virtually impossible to see them turn it around, they have been that bad. It’s hardly a surprise either, given they have spent the last few summers selling their best players without adequately replacing them.At this stage it seems inevitable that Wanderers will etch their name into the list of the Premier League’s worst ever sides.The Premier League teams with the lowest points totals ever:Portsmouth (2009/10)Points: 19 | Goal Difference: -32Portsmouth ended the 2009/10 season with just 19 points, though their low total came as a result of being docked nine points for entering financial administration.Even without the points penalty, Avram Grant’s side would have still finished bottom of the Premier League after mustering just seven wins for the campaign.Portsmouth fared rather better in the FA Cup despite their relegation, reaching the final – their second showpiece in just three seasons – where they lost to Chelsea at Wembley.Read – Every Premier League champion to lose four games in a rowSunderland (2002/03)Points: 19 | Goal Difference: -44The best thing about this entry is that it’s not even the worst season Sunderland has suffered. Peter Reid was sacked by October, and the recruitment committee, headed solely by Howard Wilkinson, to find a new manager decided on… Howard Wilkinson.The ex-Leeds boss was gone by March, after winning just two league games, to be replaced by Mick McCarthy, who oversaw the club’s relegation back to the second tier. A brilliant 2-1 win over Liverpool in December was the highlight of the season, but they failed to win another game for the rest of the campaign, setting a Premier League record with 15 consecutive defeats.Read – Every player in the Premier League Hall of FameAston Villa (2015/16)Points: 17 | Goal Difference: -49The Tim Sherwood experience lasted until late October, at which point he had won precisely one league game. Remi Garde took over in November and, to his eternal credit, doubled that record. To be fair to the Frenchman, there was no saving a club that had been rotting from the inside for years thanks to dreadful financial mismanagement over an extended period.Highlight of the season has to be Joleon Lescott tweeting a picture of a fancy car after Villa were thrashed 6-0 by Liverpool in February. He tried to explain it away by saying he “accidentally” sent it while driving. Sure.Read – The ex-Premier League players dominating Sunday League VetsHuddersfield Town (2018/19)Points: 16 | Goal Difference: -54Following two magical seasons in which the Terriers gained a miraculous promotion, followed by an even more miraculous survival in the top flight, it finally all came apart last season.Huddersfield didn’t taste victory until November, when they defeated fellow relegation battlers Fulham 1-0 in a god awful contest, and by January David Wagner had left the club he had steered to unimaginable heights.They managed to avoid the ignominy of being the first top flight team to not score ten or more away goals in a campaign after they secured a shock 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.High point of the season had to be when a Sky Sports reporter made his way through the crowd to greet the club’s new coach, Jan Siewert. Only it wasn’t him at all. It was “Martin from Wakefield”. Awkward.Read – The forgotten legacy of England’s first black captain (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Sheffield United (2023/24)Points: 16 | Goal Difference: -69Things were bad for Sheffield United in 2023/24. Promoted the previous season, the Blades headed straight back to the Championship in record-breaking fashion.Paul Heckingbottom was sacked in December after just one win in 14 games, a run that included an 8-0 hammering at home to Newcastle. The return of former favourite Chris Wilder did little to improve their fortunes as Sheffield United hurtled through the Premier League’s trap door.Their 104 goals conceded set a new Premier League record.Read – The shortest managerial reigns in Premier League historySunderland (2005/06)Points: 15 | Goal Difference: -43If you thought the 2003 version of Sunderland was bad, just wait until you see the 2005-06 model!The Black Cats extended their record-breaking losing streak to 20 games at the start of the season, setting the tone for the rest of the campaign. By Christmas they had attained one win and a mere seven points. At the time they set a new low for points gained and would only secure their third win of the season against Fulham long after they were relegated from the division.Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hfWQu65-Sp9ERWi4bmiO-g',sig:'cO0YF7L8Ul1l3ymFX5DcQcJfj4DUE1GOIlYsAlpAY0A=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1843456',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});On the bright side, their relegation led to Roy Keane taking over the following season, leading them back to the Premier League by winning the EFL Championship. His appointment gave much-needed stability to the club, until Ellis Short took over the organisation and ruined it all.Read – How an Italian cult hero became the Premier League’s youngest ever managerSouthampton (2024-25)Points: 12 | Goal Difference: -60Russell Martin’s strict adherence to his philosophy of playing out from the back set up Southampton for failure from the off. The team didn’t have the quality to pull it off in the top flight and there was never an outball as they passed it around in front of their own goal. This predictably resulted in disaster, committing 50 errors leading to a shot and 19 leading to a goal, the most in the division.Martin was sacked after 16 games, but his successor, Ivan Juric, failed to improve the team. Indeed, the Croat did even worse, earning just four points from his 14 games in charge. At 0.29 points per game, he has the poorest record of any Premier League manager in history, according to Opta.The Saints may have avoided the lowest ever points total, but they did become the first team to lose 30 games in a single campaign.Read – The longest losing runs by reigning Premier League championsDerby County (2007-08)Points: 11 | Goal Difference: -69If you google “worst premier league teams ever’, the Wikipedia page for Derby County’s 2008-09 season comes up on the front page of results. That’s how definitive their badness was that season.The Rams broke a host of records that season, each one more unwanted than the last: the longest run of games (32) without a win; lowest points total (11) since the introduction of 3 points for a win; the record for the fewest wins (1) in a Premier League season; they are also the only team to have been relegated from the EPL in March, and just the second in the post-war era.That solitary win came in September against Newcastle United, with whom they also drew later in the season, meaning 36 per cent of their points from that campaign were won against the Magpies.Read – How Borussia Dortmund recovered from the brink of financial disasterSee Also – Golazo merchant Anderton and his wand of a right pegFollow The Football Faithful on Social Media:Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | TikTokThe post The lowest points totals in Premier League history first appeared on The Football Faithful.