Week 37 of the Premier League sees Stoke become the first Premier League team to fall into the Championship, while West Brom, Swansea and Southampton remain in the hunt with one weekend of action to go. 

Stoke 1 v 2 Crystal Palace 

The Coates family may well be amongst the richest in the UK, but they made a poor decision when they sacked Mark Hughes in January. The Welshman may not have been the future of the club. Sparky’s spark may have dampened. But the timing was horrendous.

Paul Lambert came into the club, and as the Scot said on a day that saw their 10-year relationship with the Premier League end, “it’s difficult to come in mid-January.”