 However, this result also affected and confirmed bottom-placed Southampton's relegation to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1978.Portsmouth supporters ironically celebrated their 2-0 loss to West Bromwich Albion as a victory, which had relegated Southampton to a division lower than that of Portsmouth.The last occasion this had happened was in the 1960-61 season, where Portsmouth had been in Division Two and Southampton were in Division Three.