If, during a Premiership relegation battle, you look around the dressing room and see any of the following players, ask for a transfer immediately because you’re going down:
Ashley Ward: Now retired, Ward became the first player to be relegated with four different Prem teams: Norwich (1995), Barnsley (1998), Blackburn (1999) and Bradford (2001).
Hermann Hreidarsson: relegated from the Premiership four times in his career, with Crystal Palace (1998), Wimbledon (2000), Ipswich Town (2002) and now Charlton (2007).
Marcus Bent: also relegated from the top flight with four different clubs, on three occasions with Hreidarsson as a team-mate: Crystal Palace (1998), Ipswich (2002), Leicester City (2004) and Charlton (2007).
Nigel Quashie: Could break Bent and Hreidarsson’s record if he goes down with West Ham. Quashie (pictured), the prince of journeymen, has already gone down with QPR (1996), Nottm Forest (1999), Southampton (2005) and West Brom (2006). So he’s also going for an unenviable hat-trick.