0 the part of a football division consisting of the three teams with the lowest number of points who will go down to a lower division if they stay in one of those positions
In 197980 the club first competed in the top division, finishing in 13th position and being the first team inside the relegation zone.
Another run of defeats this time five in six put them in the relegation zone for the first time.
Results elsewhere pushed them into the relegation zone for the first time in years.
The club failed to finish in the top three for the first time, slumping to eighth though safely above the relegation zone.
Southampton finished 18th in the league, just one point above the relegation zone their worst top division finish since their relegation in 1974.
In his first year he finished third in the competition's top scorers list, but his club could only rank 15th, the last position before the relegation zone.
Saint-tienne only lost one of the seven matches played during the span, which lifted the club out of the relegation zone.
Birmingham's ten men held on for the draw, which left them four points clear of the relegation zone.
