PEP GUARDIOLA’S MANCHESTER City set a new English top-flight record on Wednesday by registering a 15th consecutive victory with an emphatic 4-0 success at Swansea City.
Here are the longest winning streaks since England’s top division was relaunched as the Premier League in 1992:
11 wins
Four teams have recorded sequences of 11 wins: Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United between December 2008 and March 2009, Chelsea from April to September 2009 (under Guus Hiddink and then Carlo Ancelotti), Brendan Rodgers’s Liverpool between February and April 2014 and Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City between April and September 2015. Ferguson’s United and Ancelotti’s Chelsea both finished as champions, in 2009 and 2010 respectively, but Liverpool missed out on the title in agonising fashion in 2014 after Steven Gerrard’s infamous slip condemned them to a fatal defeat against Chelsea. City’s winning streak bridged seasons in which they finished second and fourth.
12 wins: Manchester United (March-August 2000)
United roared to the finish line in the 1999-2000 title race, winning their final 11 games and ending the campaign with a record 18-point advantage over nearest rivals Arsenal. They scored 37 goals in the process, including a 7-1 demolition of West Ham United in which Paul Scholes claimed a hat-trick. The following season began with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United and would once again end with United top of the pile.
13 wins: Chelsea (September 2016-January 2017)
The seeds for this storming run of wins were sown during Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat at Arsenal in September 2016, when new manager Antonio Conte switched to his preferred 3-4-3 formation. It proved the catalyst for a stunning upturn in fortunes, with Chelsea notably beating Tottenham Hotspur (2-1), Manchester United (4-0) and Manchester City (1-3). Their run came to an end in a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham last January, but they finished the campaign as champions.
14 wins: Arsenal (February-August 2002)
Arsenal set a record for the most wins within a single Premier League season (13) and the most successive wins in the English top flight (14) — both since beaten by City — as they romped to a second league and FA Cup double under Arsene Wenger. Fourth in the table in early February, Arsenal tore to the front with a run of 11 wins on the spin before securing the title with a 1-0 success at the home of title rivals Manchester United. They finished the season by beating Everton 4-3 at Highbury and opened their title defence with a 2-0 win over Birmingham City before drawing 2-2 at West Ham United.
15 wins: Manchester City (August-December 2017)
City manager Guardiola endured a mixed first season in English football, but he has made up for lost time in his second campaign, his team streaking clear at the top of the table thanks to some of the most scintillating attacking football England has ever seen. City have dropped just two points since the start of the season — in a 1-1 draw at home to Everton in their second game — and have scored a staggering 52 goals in their 17 games to date. Propelled by Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero, they have destroyed Stoke City 7-2, won 6-0 at Watford, thumped Liverpool and Crystal Palace 5-0 and claimed impressive victories over title rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United.
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What are ya’s on about who’s paying who ? It’s no advertorial ! Am I the only one surprised and delighted them girls are getting a kit deal worth €60,000 ? I remember in my own county the great Wexford camogie team of the time having to scrimp and save to get a bloody holiday, even though they won an All Ireland, went so far that they done bag packing in Dunnes FFS ! Imagine the men doing that !!! Ladies sport, OK, it’s debatable that it’s not as entertaining as the men’s game but they don’t deserve to be treated as second class citizens ! Fair play girls, f@€( the begrudgers.
Is a yas anything like a yak?
Stay off the internet when you’re drunk like a good lad.
Kieran.. Maybe you should sponsor the Wexford team if you feel so strongly about it..
Maybe I did Marc.
I reckon this piece should be marked as an advertorial for McKeever Sports/thegaastore.com
Fair play to them. Sporting legends and really need to be recognised so…
Yeah Arthur absolute legends known throughout the country
Is that the old style crest? How come the men aren’t allowed use that?
can’t vouch for the ladies team continues with the old crest but I’m fairly sure the men’s team brought out the new crest which was in turn copyrighted by the county board. whatever way you look at it there was money involved.
The crest used here is the coat of arms of Cork City. The Cork GAA teams (i.e. the mens) came up with a new crest a few years back. I assume that because the Ladies Gaelic Football Association is (bizarrely) not a part of the GAA they can’t use it…
Ya Donncha, I know in Tipp and other counties it was a trademark issue and county boards came up with their own makey upey ones and I’d imagine it was money related indeed. Which begs the question are county boards now run like companies just like pro clubs?
Is it just me or does the adidas gear look crap when you know it’s sort of fake
Fake?
@lad I’m pretty sure no one working for adidas apart from the factory workers in Pakistan know about the gear still a great deal though
Bet Anna Geary will be looking savage in it oh & Aisling Thompson too, sexy ladies
@coco expect Ann Geary has retired from inter county playing now..
Free kit for the next three years…..a saving for the cork county board. If its a print (white on the inside) its shit just like the o’neills ones
Yeah the county jerseys are the same price as soccer ones but the county jerseys are poorer quality
Who is paying who for this article
About time the girls got something, they always play better & win more then the guys do.. Cork GAA hasn’t won hurling since 2005 & Football since 2010, shame on them…
Sixty grand wow it must be a really popular game
Jesus that’s ugly.