How did they manage to get the f.A Premier league cut from 22 teams to 20 teams in 1995? Yet they cannot get the league cut from 20 teams to 18 teams? both are a similar process. The original plan was for the F.A. Premier League to 18 teams in size! [It was Ken Bates then of chelsea fc who talked the Premier League into being a 20 team not 18 sized League. As his Chelsea fc team was in 1992 era [1992 being when the premier league was started] a yo-yo club i.e. either being relegated out of or promoted into the top flight and chelsea's chances of relegation where at that time higher in an 18 team sized Premier League compared to a 20 team sized premier League. Hence why the F.A. Premier League is 20 teams not 18 teams in size.
A 'yo-yo' club? They were relegated in 1979 and went down again for one season in 1988, hardly a 'yo-yo' club, they haven't finished in a relegation position since even if it was only an 18 club division since. I'm not sure that I believe this at all. 20 clubs seems to be working rather well right now so why try and fix something that isn't broken?
badly worded "I meant to say either fighting being relegated out of or fighting for promotion into the top flight".