Longest run unbeaten in English 2nd tier

nicko31

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Apologies if already covered. What is it?

 

Triggaaar

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Liverpool, 28 games (whole season), 19th century.

 

Bevendean Hillbilly

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Whatever the current record is the new one will be set by Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club season 2015-16

 

nicko31

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Triggaaar said:

Liverpool, 28 games (whole season), 19th century.

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And after that?

 

Triggaaar

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nicko31 said:

And after that?

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I think maybe West Ham, 22 games or so, but that might not have been from the start (which you didn't specify). Do a search, there have been threads.

Here:
http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...om-the-start-of-the-season&highlight=unbeaten

West Ham, unbeaten for 21 games in 1990.

 

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Triggaaar said:

I think maybe West Ham, 22 games or so, but that might not have been from the start (which you didn't specify). Do a search, there have been threads.

Here:
http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...om-the-start-of-the-season&highlight=unbeaten

West Ham, unbeaten for 21 games in 1990.

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Chris Hughton was part of that Hammers team. Signed from Tottenham for a season. The unbeaten run went on Saturday 22nd December 1990 but West Ham were promoted as runners-up, behind Oldham.

 

JOLovegrove

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So no one, bar Liverpool in the 19th century, has ever gone half a season unbeaten in the 2nd flight. Surely we can be the first...

 

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Bevendean Hillbilly said:

Whatever the current record is the new one will be set by Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club season 2015-16

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One chicken, two chickens, three chickens, four ................

.............you could have a lot to answer for around 9:45 tonight............

 

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GT49er said:

One chicken, two chickens, three chickens, four ................

.............you could have a lot to answer for around 9:45 tonight............

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He's safe until Saturday!

 

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Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

He's safe until Saturday!

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Borrowed time!!!

 

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Triggaaar said:

Liverpool, 28 games (whole season), 19th century.

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I thought football started in 1992/93?

 

Kalimantan Gull

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The record for an unbeaten run in a single season (not necessarily from the start) in this division is 33 games by Reading in 2005-06. The overall record is 38 games by Arsenal in the Premier League (the invincibles). League 1 Huddersfield went 43 games unbeaten spread over two seasons (2010-12) and had a play-off defeat sandwiched between them. The top division record is 49 games by Arsenal spread over three seasons (2002-05).

 

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Pavilionaire said:

I thought football started in 1992/93?

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So do a lot of deluded fools.........................................

 

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Kalimantan Gull said:

The top division record is 49 games by Arsenal spread over three seasons (2002-05).

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That really is incredible.

I feel that losing a game will be a turning point for us. Can see us winning by more than a goal after it happens!

 

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Kalimantan Gull said:

The record for an unbeaten run in a single season (not necessarily from the start) in this division is 33 games by Reading in 2005-06. The overall record is 38 games by Arsenal in the Premier League (the invincibles). League 1 Huddersfield went 43 games unbeaten spread over two seasons (2010-12) and had a play-off defeat sandwiched between them. The top division record is 49 games by Arsenal spread over three seasons (2002-05).

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Have a feeling the Reading run started with a victory, or after a defeat, against Albion.