We still haven't been out of the top flight, I.e the highest division. All that has happened is the top 8 of the top division has entered into a comp from which the champions will emerge, we are not part of that. We are in a competition to remain in the top flight. We cannot claim to have been in the 2nd division anymore than a team that has never been in the top division but is in the qualifiers can claim they have been promoted

No. In the same way Halifax Featherstone Hull KR and London can't claim that they were promoted to the top flight at the end of the first part of the season in 2017. Unless we do get relegated obviously.

Not really d about the "record" either. What does it even mean? Nothing. Hardly a measure of success when we havent won the league since 1955.

As far as I'm aware, Warrington is the only club team in association or rugby football, never to be relegated and the longest continual top flight presence of a league team sport in the World.

We continue to be record breakers every day. I think that is a measure of success!

Add Celtic & Aberdeen to that list.

Guess it depends on your measurement of success.

It certainly won't show up on any honours list which is where it counts and where real success is measured.

It's more a cutesy side story.

In the absence of a Grand Final trophy, a cutesy side story will have to do at the mo

If I was more specific I ought to have said original teams...but that would still leave Celtic.
Not a bad shout though.

Incorrect on both counts I'm afraid: both Leeds and St Helens have longer runs in the top flight than us, by virtue of the fact that we didn't compete in the Wartime league. Catalans have never been relegated (yet!); technically I'm not sure Leeds have-I'd have to check, and might be wrong here, but think their season out of the top flight was due to the breakaway forming the NRFL in 1902, when they weren't part of the top 14, which left them in the Yorks Snr Comp and then the 2nd division. Or maybe this was what happened to Saints: I can check if anyone's that bothered!!

I've said before our claim is tenuous and often mis-quoted: we're not the only club never to have been relegated, & other teams have played more seasons in the top flight (Wigan, Saints and Leeds); some Aussie clubs can claim to have played every season in the top flight, as can Catalans (we cannot).

The claim we can accurately make is that we are the only British RL team never to have started a season outside the top flight. As I said, tenuous, and I'm sure Leeds, Saints & Wigan fans wouldn't be lining up to swap many of their titles for this 'honour'; I doubt Cas fans would even swap this season for it TBH. I'd certainly give it up for a GF win (as long as we didn't 'do a Bradford')!

Quote: NtW "Incorrect on both counts I'm afraid 1903-1904 ...2nd division www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/ ... e=1903%204

Quote: NtW "Incorrect on both counts I'm afraid 1903-1904 ...2nd division www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/ ... e=1903%204

We are the only team. Until SL Widnes and Cas also were with us.

We are the only team what?? Never to be relegated? Did you bother reading my post?!

Yes.

And I read Bulls after it.