Counting since their first top-flight game, August 31, 1935. Won 2–0 at Bolton in their 1935 First Division debut and finished fifth — still the club's best season, one 74-year exile from the top flight later.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Bees have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first top-flight game.
They have never even reached the title race.
That's 91 top-flight seasons of waiting.
Since then: Disneyland opened, Friends premiered, and ChatGPT launched.
15 U.S. presidencies have started.
Alan Shearer wouldn't be born for another 35 years.