Swansea City will join West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City in the Championship next season after their relegation from the Premier League was confirmed on Sunday.
The Swans went down to a limp exit after losing 2-1 to Stoke at the Liberty Stadium. Andy King opened the scoring for the hosts, before Badou Ndiaye and Peter Crouch hit back for the Potters.
Losing at the half, along with Southampton drawing 0-0 at the time with champions Manchester City, meant Swansea were as good as relegated with still 45 minutes to play. Even so, Mark Chapman of BBC Match of the Day 2 did his best to maintain the idea of suspense:
Mark ChapmanLiverpool are winning, Chelsea are losing and Swansea aren't 8-0 up but there's everything* to play for in the 2nd half.