Everton have been involved in several relegation scraps in recent seasons and Sean Dyche has been tasked with keeping the club up.

The Toffees have flirted with the drop zone for the past three campaigns since their tenth-placed finish in 2020/21.

Sean Dyche has navigated off-field issues to steer Everton to safetyGetty

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was the man in charge, with Rafael Benitez and Frank Lampard struggling to replicate his success.

Former Burnley boss Dyche has been in the Goodison Park hot seat since January 2023 and has battled takeover woes and points deductions to preserve the club’s Premier League status.

How long have Everton been in the top-flight?

Everton are one of six English clubs who have never been relegated from the Premier League since its creation in 1992.

The others are Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea, so they are part of an elite group.

In fact, Liverpool, United, Spurs and Chelsea have all been relegated from the top-flight of English football more recently than the Toffees.

Arsenal are the only club with a better record as they haven’t gone down since the 1912/13 season.

The last time Everton were relegated was in the 1950/51 campaign and they have been in the top-flight since 1954/55.

The club survived on the penultimate day of the 2021/22 season under Lampard, and left it until the final day with Dyche the next year.

But the pressure only increased last season, following successive points deductions for two separate breaches of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules.

The Toffees had initially seen a previous 10-point deduction for PSR rule breaks reduced to six points after an appeal.

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However, a further breach for the three-year cycle that ended in the 2022/23 season saw them deducted a further two points – albeit it mattered little on their future.

The Toffees are one of England’s most recognisable clubs and the Premier League would be much worse off without them.

Hopefully, for the club’s loyal fans, brighter times are ahead for the blue half of Merseyside.

Their proposed takeover by Daniel Friedkin is set to hand under-pressure Dyche a stay of execution – at least in the short term.