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Five year record of when this year’s Premiership teams were knocked out of the Cup (2008 back to 2004):

Arsenal: S/F–5th–5th–4th–Winners

Aston Villa: 5th–3rd–3rd–5th–3rd

Birmingham: 3rd–3rd–4th–6th–4th

Blackburn: 5th–3rd–S/F–4th–S/F

Bolton: 3rd–3rd–4th–5th–6th

Burnley: 5th–3rd–3rd–3rd–5th

Chelsea: Winners–6th–Winners–S/F–5th

Everton: Runners up–3rd–3rd–4th–5th

Fulham: 6th–3rd–5th–3rd–5th

Hull: 6th–3rd–3rd–3rd–3rd

Liverpool: 4th–5th–3rd–Winners–3rd

Manchester City: 3rd–4th–6th–6th–3rd

Manchester United: S/F–6th–Runners Up–5th–Runners Up

Portsmouth: 4th–Winners–4th–4th–4th

Stoke: 3rd–3rd–4th–5th–3rd

Sunderland: 4th–3rd–3rd–4th–4th

Tottenham: 4th–4th–6th–3rd–6th

West Ham: 5th–3rd–5th–Runners Up–4th

Wigan: 3rd–4th–3rd–4th–3rd

Wolves: 4th–5th–4th–4th–4th

Offering 1 point for being knocked out in the third round and adding a point for each round thereafter (winners receive 7 points–runners up 6 etc), our table reads as follows:

26–Chelsea

24–Manchester United

20–Arsenal

16–Blackburn

15–Portsmouth

14–Liverpool

14–West Ham

13–Everton

13–Tottenham

12–Fulham

12–Manchester City

11–Bolton

11–Wolves

10–Birmingham

9–Aston Villa

9–Burnley

8–Hull

8–Stoke

8–Sunderland

7–Wigan