Six dramatic final days ahead of Premier League finale

Ahead of further potential Premier League final day drama with Hull City (odds-on 1/6 favourites) and Newcastle United (4/1 chances) still battling to avoid relegation, Coral football experts have decided to take a stroll down memory lane at some great escapes and frenetic finishes.

1999/00: Bradford beat the drop
With five games to go, the Bantams looked dead and buried sitting six points from safety. A thrilling 4-4 draw against Derby County where cult hero Dean Windass hit a hat-trick sparked an end of season revival, though, which took their hopes of a great escape to the final day.

Bradford had to beat Liverpool and hope Wimbledon slipped up to secure safety, and a captain’s goal from David Wetherall helped them defy the odds and send the Dons down instead.

2004/05: Baggies bounce back from bottom
West Bromwich Albion still propped up the Premier League table going into the last day, despite back-to-back wins over Everton and Charlton Athletic. Bryan Robson’s boys were still in with a chance of staying up, but needed to beat Portsmouth and hope other results went their way. Relive highlights below:

Norwich City and the Baggies effectively swapped places with the Canaries getting hammered by Fulham, Crystal Palace contentiously drawing with the Addicks and Southampton losing at home to Manchester United. Albion’s great escape came courtesy of Geoff Horsfield and Kieran Richardson strikes, and the latter earned England caps because of his survival scrap exploits.

2006/07: Bye bye Blades
Sheffield United thought they were sitting pretty in 16th ahead of a crunch clash with Wigan Athletic, who needed to win at Bramall Lane to have any hope of staying up. It was a painful day for boyhood Blades fan and boss Neil Warnock as his former player David Unsworth netted a decisive penalty to give the visiting Latics a 2-1 win.