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Waiting for the Premier League belt: the longest droughts
The active clubs that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.
Every active Premier League club and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a club keeps losing the one game that matters.
The longest waits
- Coventry City: last held it January 10, 1998, 10,534 days ago.
- Leeds United: last held it August 14, 1999, 9,953 days ago.
- Ipswich Town: last held it January 1, 2002, 9,082 days ago.
- Hull City: last held it August 27, 2016, 3,730 days ago.
- Burnley: last held it February 26, 2019, 2,817 days ago.
- Brighton & Hove Albion: last held it August 26, 2023, 1,175 days ago.
- West Ham United: last held it September 16, 2023, 1,154 days ago.
- Tottenham Hotspur: last held it February 17, 2024, 1,000 days ago.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers: last held it March 2, 2024, 986 days ago.
- Nottingham Forest: last held it January 25, 2025, 657 days ago.