Thursday 22 December 2016 23:53, UK
In football, we savour the highs when they come - but it's the lows which make them all the more enjoyable in a sense.
While every Premier League team had moments to treasure in 2016, there were plenty they would all rather forget too.
So which was your Premier League team's lowest point of the last calendar year? Sky Sports takes a look...
March 2, 2-1 Swansea loss increases pressure on Wenger
Going into 2016, Arsenal were in a good position to push for their first Premier League title in 12 years - but by the start of March those hopes had faded.
Just two points from a possible nine against Liverpool, Stoke and Chelsea was far from an ideal start to the year but a last-gasp win over Leicester had renewed expectations this could be Arsenal's year.
However, when defeat at Manchester United was followed by a home loss to Swansea, the task of overhauling the high-flying Foxes, now six points ahead, seemed beyond the Gunners - and left some Arsenal fans calling for boss Arsene Wenger to go.
Wenger stayed on and completed 20 years at the club in October but his wait for a first Premier League since 2004 remains a major blot on his copybook.
July 1, Matt Ritchie leaves for Newcastle
Despite impressing in their first season in England's top flight and finishing comfortably above the relegation zone, Bournemouth were delivered a harsh blow this summer when key midfielder Matt Ritchie opted to join Championship-bound Newcastle, who had finished five points behind the Cherries.
The Scotland international had played in every game during their promotion campaign in 2014/15 and scored a goal-of-the-season contender against Sunderland as helped Bournemouth avoid an immediate return to the second tier.
However, the south coast club were unable to compete with Newcastle financially and had to let their man leave. "We weren't happy to let him go," said Eddie Howe. "But the reality is we just couldn't compete with Newcastle's finances and Matty expressed a desire to leave."
November 21, Humbled by West Brom
After beating Everton, holding Manchester United to a draw at Old Trafford and then seeing off Crystal Palace at home, Burnley travelled to West Brom for a Monday Night Football clash optimistic of building on their good run. Instead, they left the Hawthorns with their tail between their legs after a 4-0 defeat which saw the hosts equal their biggest-ever margin of victory in the Premier League.
Matt Phillips, James Morrison and Darren Fletcher had the Baggies three to the good by half-time and Salomon Rondon rubbed salt into Burnley wounds after the break.
"I broke my leg here at 17 and I have never had a result here," said Clarets boss Sean Dyche after the match. "It's one of the few grounds in the country where I have had nothing."
May 15, Finishing 10th and missing Europe
Failing to win any of their last four games of 2015/16 saw Chelsea finish a lowly 10th in the Premier League, their worst finish in 20 years.
That coincided with them not qualifying for European football for the first time in two decades as well after 13 consecutive appearances in the Champions League.
Indeed, the defence of their title was the worst in Premier League history as they won just 12 times - although Leicester are threatening to be even poorer in the months ahead.
December 17, Two little ducks
But for a couple of weeks at the start of this season, Crystal Palace haven't spent any other time in the Premier League's relegation zone - yet you have to wonder how.
Going into their weekend game with Chelsea, there was talk of a 21st-minute walk out from fans in protest at their 21 defeats in 2016 so far.
That didn't materialise but Diego Costa's goal ensured a 22nd loss duly followed. With just six Premier League victories in the calendar year, this has been one for Palace to forget.
May 12, Martinez sacked by Toffees
Roberto Martinez led Everton to the semi-finals of both cup competitions last season but failure to go any further and their poor Premier League form saw him sacked by the club.
Pressure slowly mounted on him throughout last term, with fans ultimately displaying banners calling for his departure.
A run of just one win in 10 matches saw the Spanish dismissed after nearly three years at Goodison Park, with Everton's end-of-season awards dinner cancelled too.
July 22, Losing Steve Bruce
After the high of winning promotion via the play-offs, what followed was much less savoury for Hull fan, as manager Steve Bruce left the club less than two months later.
With his relationship with the club's hierarchy breaking down over reported concerns about a lack of investment in new players while Hull were up for sale, Bruce chose to walk.
He had already been interviewed for the England job but lost out to Sam Allardyce and is now making progress with a previously misfiring Aston Villa.
Mike Phelan took temporary charge of Hull for several weeks before being appointed full-time but City quickly faded after winning their first two top flight games and will be bottom of the table at Christmas.
November 26, Leicester enter 'battle of relegation'
Many people expected Leicester to drop off in their Premier League title defence and they did but to a greater extent than many thought.
Indeed, after having to twice come back from the penalty spot at home to promoted Middlesbrough, Ranieri was forced to admit his team was in a 'battle of relegation'.
Recording more wins in Europe than the Premier League in the first few months of the season, City must improve considerably over the rest of the campaign or risk going down.
May 18, Undone by Sevilla in Switzerland
At one point, Jurgen Klopp's first season on Merseyside looked as though it might be a trophy-laden one but his team instead lost in two cup finals.
Being beaten on penalties by Manchester City in February's League Cup final was disappointing but worse was the follow as Sevilla beat Liverpool to the Europa League trophy.
Having got past Augsburg, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal to reach the final, Daniel Sturridge's goal in Basel put the Reds ahead at half-time.
Sevilla hit back after the break, however, with Kevin Gameiro scoring before a Coke double ensured the La Liga team' won the competition for a third consecutive year.
March 20, United kill title hopes
Consecutive defeats to Leicester, Tottenham and Liverpool had left City not just off the pace in the title race but in danger of slipping out of the top four altogether.
Not having Champions League football to play in Guardiola's first season was an unthinkable prospect but it became more as United went to the Etihad and won.
Marcus Rashford's early goal separated the sides and left City 15 points behind Leicester, with any hope of claiming a third title in five seasons killed by their biggest rivals.
October 23, 'The Return' goes horribly wrong
There have been a few moments in 2016 United fans would rather forget but they would do well to put their team's 4-0 thrashing at Chelsea in October out of their minds.
In Mourinho's first game back at Stamford Bridge as an opposition manager since his second spell in charge there ended, he saw his team fall behind to Pedro's goal after just 30 seconds.
Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante rounded off a miserable day, with the Portuguese claiming after his opposite number Antonio Conte had humiliated him.
March 11, Karanka rows with players
Footballers have been known to go AWOL from time to time but it's rare a manager should do so in the way Aitor Karanka did from Middlesbrough in March.
After a 1-0 defeat at Rotherham - the latest in a run of results which saw them slip from the top of the Championship - the Spaniard told his players he didn't want to manage them again.
Storming out of training, he left his assistant Steve Agnew to take charge of a 2-0 defeat at Charlton and looked set to leave the club.
Their differences were resolved and Boro were unbeaten in their final 10 games as they were promoted as runners-up - but the incident so nearly saw Karanka quit the Riverside.
December 8, Going out of the Europa League
Having sneaked into the competition on the final day of the Premier League season, Southampton looked well placed to do well in the Europa League after the groups were drawn.
Indeed, things started well enough with a 3-0 home win against Sparta Prague and a draw at Hapoel Be'er Sheva before home wins were exchanged over two games with Inter.
Yet from there Southampton finished weakly, losing away to section winners Sparta then coming back to draw 1-1 with Hapoel when a 0-0 score would have been enough.
They were eliminated due to their head-to-head results with the Israeli side despite finishing level on points with them and having a better goal difference.
March 26, Losing Jack Butland to injury
England's 3-2 win over Germany in Berlin was the national team's best moment of 2016 but it was also Stoke's worst as their goalkeeper Jack Butland was injured during the match.
Fracturing an ankle shortly before half-time, he was sidelined for the rest of 2015/16 and is yet to make a playing comeback.
Without him in their side, Stoke have struggled to keep clean sheets as replacements Jakob Haugaard, Shay Given and Lee Grant have mustered just a few between them.
July 22, Losing Allardyce to England
After the high of staying up gave Sunderland fans hope of building on that this season, losing Sam Allardyce to the England job little more than two months later was a huge setback.
Although David Moyes was swiftly named as his replacement and he brought in 10 new faces, it took time for the squad the Scot had assembled time to gel.
Indeed, they took up a familiar position in the bottom three and took until November to finally register a Premier League win in their 2-1 success at Bournemouth.
December 17, Humbled by Boro
Swansea's 5-0 thrashing at Tottenham last month was worse but they were at least competitive for spells of the match before losing goals as they chased the game late on.
Against Middlesbrough, they found themselves two goals down within half an hour against a relegation rival and later lost a third as they meekly slipped back into the bottom three.
Having already changed their manager this season and given previous incumbent Francesco Guidolin less than nine months in the position, the lack of stability at the club is clear.
May 2, Blowing the title race
Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Chelsea at the start of May was ultimately the game which confirmed the White Hart Lane club wouldn't win their first title since 1961.
Yet it was a series of inconsistent results in the lead up to that, combined with Leicester's relentless form, which killed their challenge.
While victories over Stoke and Manchester United were emphatic, Tottenham only won four games in a nine-match stretch and eventually slipped to third, 11 points behind Leicester.
December 17, The demise of Odion Ighalo
After 16 goals at the start of 2015, Odion Ighalo was one of the standout players in the first half of the 2015/16 Premier League season as he scored 13 more before the year was out.
Yet from 29 goals in that 12-month stretch, he has stumbled his way to just six in this calendar year - and two of those were cup goals against lower-league opponents.
Ighalo has still largely kept his place in the Watford starting XI but having been one of the league's hottest properties not so long ago, he's making much less impact now. A blank against Sunderland on December 17 made it one goal in 14 Premier League appearances this season.
February 20, Brunt struck by his own fans
West Brom are not a team with a great record in the cups and so it proved as, after stumbling past Peterborough on penalties, they went out of the FA Cup to Reading in February.
Their 3-1 defeat at the Madjeski was unspectacular as they hosts came back from a goal to win but what followed afterwards was even less savoury.
As Chris Brunt went to give his shirt to a West Brom fan after the match, another threw a coin at him which struck him just below his eye.
Brunt reacted furiously, confronting supporters as he sought the culprit, and later said he was disgusted and ashamed of the incident.
December 3, London Stadium teething problems
West Ham moved into their new home at the former Olympic Stadium with plenty of hype but were beset with problems almost from the moment they arrived.
Segregation problems, fans turning up to find they didn't have seats and crowd trouble all blighted their first few months at London Stadium.
On-pitch results weren't great either and while losing 3-0 and 4-2 to Southampton and Watford were low points, a 5-1 thrashing by Alexis Sanchez-inspired Arsenal was worse.
