Barely 24 hours after Southampton were relegated amid debate about worst teams ever to compete in the Premier League came Leicester's application.
They might be seven points better off than the Saints but they have been downright dismal since the turn of the year and heading back to the Championship.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, appointed at the end of November, has transformed a poor side into an awful one, and appears increasingly unlikely to make it to the end of the season as the unwanted records pile up around him.
Leicester have lost 22 of 31 Premier League games this season, 15 of 16 since mid-December.