Liverpool have had their fair share of rollercoaster seasons, but they have not finished lower than eighth in the English topflight since their promotion in 1962.
There are peaks and troughs throughout a single season and some that spans years, with the evolution of teams often resulting in the need to rebuild and go again.
Remarkably, though, Liverpool have been a consistent force since they were promoted to the First Division under Bill Shankly in 1962, having never finished lower than eighth in the years since.
That is 63 seasons of consistent top eight finishes, no other team in England can match that feat in the same time period.
Liverpool have finished eighth four times (1962/63, 1993/94, 2011/12 and 2015/16) and won the league title on 15 occasions, during a period in which the club had 13 different managers.
• 1st: 15 times
• 2nd: 13
• 3rd: 9
• 4th: 7
• 5th: 7
• 6th: 4
• 7th: 4
• 8th: 4
As per the Guardian, 58 teams have played in the top flight since Liverpool’s promotion in the summer of 1962 and none can match their record.
And six have dropped out of the Football League at some stage entirely, and they are Carlisle, Leyton Orient, Luton, Notts County, Oldham and Oxford.
“My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility,” Shankly once boldly proclaimed, and the club have lived up to the billing.
In their period of dominance between 1972 and 1991, Liverpool finished outside the top two just once in 1980/81 when they came fifth – but even that season ended with the European Cup and League Cup!
Despite the testing times under Roy Hodgson and the loss of direction in the early 2010s, plus the transitional decade in the 1990s, Liverpool have held a consistent presence in the top flight.
Long may it continue.