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Waiting for the Premier League belt: the longest droughts
The active franchises that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.
Every active Premier League franchise and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a franchise keeps losing the one game that matters.
The longest waits
- Coventry City: last held it January 10, 1998, 10,489 days ago.
- Leeds United: last held it August 14, 1999, 9,908 days ago.
- Ipswich Town: last held it January 1, 2002, 9,037 days ago.
- Hull City: last held it August 27, 2016, 3,685 days ago.
- Burnley: last held it February 26, 2019, 2,772 days ago.
- Brighton & Hove Albion: last held it August 26, 2023, 1,130 days ago.
- West Ham United: last held it September 16, 2023, 1,109 days ago.
- Tottenham Hotspur: last held it February 17, 2024, 955 days ago.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers: last held it March 2, 2024, 941 days ago.
- Nottingham Forest: last held it January 25, 2025, 612 days ago.