10=. Nottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United (1999)

Poor Forest. Manchester United recorded the Premier League’s biggest-ever away win at the City Ground in February 1999. Dwight Yorke had opened the scoring inside two minutes, Alan Rogers levelled it up shortly after, but Andy Cole restored the advantage before seven minutes were on the clock. And yet, astonishingly, this game was only 2-1 at half time.

Even with 10 minutes to go it was ‘only’ 4-1 after Yorke and Cole had both completed braces. But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – a 72nd-minute entrant – didn’t get his supersub tag for nothing, and netted four in the final exchanges. It’s still a record for a substitute.

Ron Atkinson’s Forest were relegated at the end of the season – they’ve never been back since – while Alex Ferguson’s side achieved the greatest season in English football history. Decent enough.

10=. Middlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City (2008)

When Sven-Goran Eriksson rocked up at the Riverside to face Middlesbrough on the final day of the 2007-08 season, his future already seemed decided after a shocking run of form after Christmas. City had been third in November before things went south very suddenly.

And so to their Teesside humiliation. Afonso Alves scored a hat-trick, Stewart Downing got two, while Adam Johnson, Fabio Rochemback and Jeremie Aliadiere all helped themselves to goals in the final 20 minutes.

The Eastlands outfit finished ninth and Sven was finally put out of his misery by owner Thaksin Shinawatra, who’d wanted to pull the trigger since April. Gareth Southgate’s Boro ended 13th … but then dropped out of the top flight the following campaign.

5=. Chelsea 8-0 Wigan (2010)

Chelsea knew a victory on the final day of the season would secure them their first title since 2006. Suffice to say, they didn’t muck about in getting it done.

Didier Drogba got a hat-trick and Nicolas Anelka added two more, while Ashley Cole, Salomon Kalou and Frank Lampard were also among a beleaguered Latics’ nemeses. Unsurprisingly, Wigan ended the season with a goal difference of -42 … and this wasn’t even their worst humbling of the campaign.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea became the first team in English history to score seven or more goals on four occasions in a league season. They also became the first Premier League side to bag 100 in a season after putting away a club-record 103 in the campaign.

5=. Manchester City 8-0 Watford (2019)

One of four 8-0 wins in Premier League history – but this time City were on the right end of a trouncing.

Their opening salvo was astonishing at the Etihad Stadium: David Silva scored after 52 seconds, and within 18 minutes they were 5-0 up after goals from Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva and Nicolas Otamendi.

Mercifully for Watford there was a breather – but the Hornets crumbled again within three minutes of the second half and allowed Bernardo his hat-trick by the hour mark. Kevin De Bruyne put the cherry on top with five minutes remaining to cap a masterful individual display.

5=. Chelsea 8-0 Aston Villa (2012)

Paul Lambert’s Aston Villa suffered their biggest Premier League defeat in December at Stamford Bridge – and it could have been even worse had Lucas Piazon not seen an 89th-minute penalty saved.

After a smashing 3-1 away win at Anfield a week earlier, the Villans went into this game full of confidence; confidence which was quickly shattered when Fernando Torres opened the scoring within three minutes. David Luiz and Branislav Ivanovic added more before the break, while Frank Lampard, Ramires (two), Oscar and Eden Hazard all got among the fun before full time.

It was the first – and still the only – time that seven players from one team have scored in a Premier League match. The result was Rafa Benitez’s biggest victory in English football, eclipsing the 6-0 win he achieved with Liverpool over Derby in 2007.

5=. Newcastle 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday (1999)

Ruud Gullit resigned after Newcastle lost four of their first five games in the 1999-00 campaign, paving the way for Bobby Robson to arrive on Tyneside in September. The Magpies had lost two more before this game, but made Bobby’s St James’ Park debut against Sheffield Wednesday one to remember as the Gallowgate Godfather pulled off a famous victory.

Five goals from Alan Shearer (including two penalties), plus efforts from Aaron Hughes, Kieron Dyer and Gary Speed helped the Geordies kick-start their season. They eventually finished 11th.

4. Tottenham 9-1 Wigan (2009)

Tottenham finished fourth in 2009-10, meaning they qualified for Europe’s elite competition for the first time since 1962. This result certainly did that achievement no harm as they ended the campaign three points ahead of Manchester City.

Let it be remembered that Spurs were only 1-0 ahead at half time in this obliteration of a carefree Wigan. Forty-two minutes passed between Peter Crouch’s ninth-minute opener and Jermain Defoe’s first of five goals on this most profitable of afternoons at White Hart Lane. Aaron Lennon, David Bentley and Niko Kranjcar were also on target in north London.

It was only the second time that a Premier League side had scored nine goals, and the third that a player had netted five in a Premier League match. Wigan still finished six points above the relegation zone.

1=. Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich (1995)

It’s largely forgotten now that Ipswich had beaten Manchester United 3-2 earlier this season – one of only seven victories all campaign as they finished bottom and were relegated. This result, the Premier League’s record defeat, was a little more befitting of their campaign in which they finished 21 points from safety.

Unlike a lot of the trouncings in this list, goals here were neatly spread throughout the game – consistent haplessness from the Tractor Boys, if you will.

Andy Cole helped himself to five, Mark Hughes plundered two, while Roy Keane and Paul Ince both added solitary strikes in what was United’s biggest victory for 103 years. Blackburn claimed the title that season, though, with Fergie’s men finishing second.

1=. Southampton 0-9 Leicester (2019)

A year on from the death of their beloved chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after a horrific helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium, Leicester players did justice to the man behind their Premier League title with this devastating display on the south coast.

Southampton were onto a hiding in the 10th minute when Ben Chilwell slotted Leicester ahead, and in the same passage Ryan Bertrand was sent off via a VAR-assisted decision. It was 3-0 inside 19 minutes courtesy of efforts from Youri Tielemans and Ayoze Perez, who ended the game with a hat-trick. James Maddison netted a wonderful eighth with a free kick, sandwiching hat-trick goals from Jamie Vardy – the last, a stoppage-time penalty which befitted this all-time biggest Premier League away win.

1=. Manchester United 9-0 Southampton (2021)

Nine goals, eight scorers and two red cards. Not just a Premier League record – equalling both Leicester and, er, themselves – but an exciting one even by those high standards.

Things began brightly, for neutrals at least, with Alexandre Jankewitz dismissed for the Saints less than two minutes into his debut.

It took a further 16 minutes for United to nab their first, but the floodgates opened after that: it was 4-0 by half time, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani and a Jan Bednarek own goal all contributing to an embarrassing scoreline.

With three minutes to go, however, this game wasn’t set to make our list; Southampton were settling in for a straightforward 6-0 trouncing.

Then up pops Bednarek again. A VAR-assisted red card for the Pole meant Bruno Fernandes made it seven from the penalty spot, Anthony Martial slotted an eighth in the last minute of normal time, and Daniel James finished off the evening late into injury time.

And somehow, Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side are on the wrong side of this scoreline for the second time in two seasons.