⏳ West Ham's 40+ year wait over? Every PL club's trophy drought ranked | OneFootball

On Wednesday night, West Ham have the chance to win their first major trophy in 43 years. If you don’t include the play-offs, that is.

So, not including play-off final victories, Community Shields or EFL Trophies, how long is it since every club from the 2022/23 Premier League won their last piece of silverware?

Manchester City: Four days

It’s a long time since, nah, just kidding. The only long wait City fans have had is since their last long wait for a trophy. It’s four days since the FA Cup final and three days until the Champions League final. You know the rest.

Manchester United: One hundred days

We would’ve gone with three months but 100 is just such a nice round number. Erik ten Hag’s first season saw the club win the League Cup, beating Newcastle at Wembley earlier this year.

Liverpool: One year

Liverpool narrowly missed out on last season’s Premier League title and Champions League but did win the 2022 FA Cup, beating Chelsea on penalties, adding it to the League Cup won earlier that year.

Fulham: One year

It hasn’t been much of a wait for Fulham fans, who watched their club win the Championship last season.

Chelsea: Two years

The 2021 Champions League feels like a long time ago now. It’s reduced to one year and four months (still keeping Chelsea in the same place on this list) if you count the Club World Cup.

Leicester: Two years

Remember when Brendan Rodgers led Leicester to FA Cup glory via a Youri Tielemans wonderstriker? It was more recent than it feels.

Arsenal: Two years and 10 months

August is not a normal time for an FA Cup final but thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic that’s exactly when Arsenal beat Chelsea at an empty Wembley in 2020.

Leeds: Two years and 11 months

Just before Arsenal won that FA Cup final, Leeds sealed promotion to the Premier League by winning the Championship under Marcelo Bielsa.

Wolves: 5 years

And two years earlier it was Wolves who did the same.

Newcastle United: 6 years

Newcastle won the Championship as well, storming to the title under Rafa Benitez in 2017, but exclude the title in England’s second tier and the Intertoto Cup (which used to end with three winners per season?) and the wait for a major trophy is now 68 years.

Bournemouth: 8 years

Bournemouth’s latest promotion, 12 months ago, came via a second-place finish but Eddie Howe took them to second tier glory back in 2015.

Brighton: 12 years

Brighton came up to the Premier League via a second place finish in 2017, so you have to go back to their League One success in 2011 for the last time they lifted silverware.

Brentford: 14 years

Brentford’s rise from the fourth tier of English football to the Premier League has seen them win a play-off final (in the Championship) but just one league title, way down in League Two back in 2009.

Tottenham Hotspur: 15 years and three months

It has been a long time since Juande Ramos(!) lifted the League Cup back in 2008. Spurs have since suffered four final defeats and one second-place finish in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest: 25 years

Forest won promotion and the title as they returned to top tier of English football back in 1998.

In terms of major silverware, the wait stretches all the way back to 1990 and the 1-0 League Cup defeat of Oldham.

Aston Villa: 27 years

Another side that did win a play-off final in 2019 but there have been two FA Cup final defeats and two League Cup final defeats since they won the latter back in 1996.

Everton: 28 years

After a trophy-laden 1980s and a strong start to the early 1990s, Everton fans would never have imagined their wait would still be going on as they celebrated an FA Cup win back in 1995.

Crystal Palace: 29 years

Since clinching the old Division One title and promotion to the Premier League in 1994, Palace have enjoyed three promotions without winning the title and suffered an FA Cup final defeat in 2016.

West Ham: 42 years

It is 43 years since West Ham won the FA Cup, beating Arsenal at Wembley, and 42 years since they won old Second Division (and promotion to the top flight) a year later.

A long, long wait could end on Wednesday night.

Southampton: 47 years

Since winning the FA Cup in 1976, Southampton have enjoyed four promotions but no league title, and there have been three final defeats — one FA Cup, two League Cup — along the way.

Maybe the Championship next season offers a fresh chance to correct things?