Ange Postecoglou can officially become Tottenham's worst ever Premier League boss as unwanted history beckons

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Ange Postecoglou is enduring a nightmare season - and four more Premier League defeats will see him enter the unwanted record books.

Tottenham Hotspur suffered their 15th top-flight defeat of the campaign on Sunday as they were beaten 2-0 by London rivals Fulham at Craven Cottage.

The result leaves them 14th in the table following 29 matches, having scooped just 34 points - winning on just ten occasions.

Not only are they ten points off the top ten, but they sit further off the top seven [13 points] than they do from the bottom three [12 points].

Any chance of plying their trade across the continent next season lies in winning the Europa League, which will book them a Champions League spot.

And while they are amongst the favourites to win Europe's second-tier competition - which would end their 17-year trophy drought - things seem to be only getting worse domestically.

With 15 Premier League defeats already, Spurs have now lost more games than what north London rivals Arsenal have suffered [14] in their last three seasons.

The stats make grim reading for Tottenham fans when you compare their previous seasons - and this term has the potential to get a whole lot worse.

It is the club's most amount of defeats in a single season since the 2008/09 term [15] - though they still ended that campaign in eighth spot with 51 points.

Only in six seasons since the Premier League's inception in 1992 have Tottenham picked up more losses.

The most defeats they mustered in one campaign came in the 1993/94 and 2003/04 seasons with 19.

The 93/94 term was a 42-game season, with Spurs finishing in 15th spot with 45 points, while they ended in 14th place in the 03/04 campaign with the same points total.

It means that Postecoglou is on course to become the worst Tottenham manager in their Premier League history.

Four more defeats from their last nine fixtures will see him tie the record, while five losses will see the Australian boast the unwanted honour for himself.

As it stands, six of their final nine opponents sit above them in the table, with only Southampton, Wolves and West Ham below.

With clashes coming against Chelsea, Liverpool and Aston Villa all away from home, as well as matches against high-flying Nottingham Forest and Brighton in north London, Spurs supporters will be fearing the worst.

And should they continue their horror form, Spurs could end in their lowest Premier League finish in history, which was set in the 1993/94 term when they ended up in 15th.

While Spurs sit in 14th place currently, they are only there on goal difference - ahead of Everton and West Ham.

With a clash at Stamford Bridge next up after the international break, there is a real possibility that Tottenham could fall further down the table.

Should their miserable form continue, there is also a chance Spurs could finish the season with their lowest ever points tally.

That was set in the 1997/98 season, where they lost 16 games, and ended up on just 44 points under Christian Gross' tutelage - finishing 14th in the table.

In the 21st century, their lowest points totals came in the 2003/04 season [45 points] and 2007/08 term [46 points].

Though ironically, the 07/08 campaign was the season which saw the club's last piece of silverware coming in the form of the League Cup.

And Postecoglou will be desperate to end their trophy drought this term and make good on his 'second season' promise.

Though that may not be enough to satisfy disgruntled supporters, who are beginning to become disillusioned by the ex-Celtic boss.

Anger from fans was on show for all to see once again in the aftermath of Sunday's defeat to Fulham, with Postecoglou confronting a supporter as he headed down the tunnel.

Addressing fan discontent in his post-match press conference, Postecoglou said: "I get their disappointment. It's unacceptable to see 15 league defeats.

"It's nowhere near good enough, nowhere near the level we need to be and I understand the supporters' frustrations with that.

"Today wasn't so much about performance, it was just another day when we let a game get away from us that we shouldn't have.

"We weren't played off the park and I felt that up until the point they scored, we were the team that was getting on top.

"We had a couple of good chances to go 1-0 up and that would have put the pressure on them, but it's happened too many times this year.

"We've given the opposition a lift into the game by conceding soft goals."

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