Penlake Juniors AFC

PENLAKE JUNIORS AFC - Holders of longest unbeaten run, officially verified by the Guinness Book of Records.

This page is dedicated to this fantastic achievement.

The Record Breaking Team

The Record

In summary, the record is that of the longest unbeaten run by any football club.

The run started in 1981 and ended in 1986.
The record breaking run started at under 11 age group and was brought to an end during the 1985/86 season at under 15.
During this period, the team went 153 matches unbeaten, winning 152 and drawing 1.
The run included a period of 85 straight wins.
The run was finally ended at home by Wigan Athletic who managed to defeat Penlake by 2 goals to 1. A rather surprising result as Penlake had earlier in the season beaten the same team 4 - 0 in the away fixture.

Managers and coaches involved with the team during this run were:Chris Duffy, Roy Litherland, Brian Dooner and Mike Hayde.

Summary

In a period covering 5 seasons the following statistics evolved:

Average goals per game 7.5.
Average goals against 0.5.
Clean sheets 112.
Consecutive wins 85.
League & cup doubles 4.
League Champions 5.
Challenge Cup wins 4.
Losing finalists 1.

The team that ended the run was Wigan Junior Latics.
The 2 losses were the end of the unbeaten run and that years cup final.
The Squad then progressed into the St Helens JOL league Winning the League & Cup double.

This record took 2 years to verify by the Guinness book of records.

Please see the Guinness Book of World Records.

Details
For full season by season match details, see our fixtures/results section *

* Membership required.

SEASON	AGE	P	W	D	L	F	A
1981/1982	Und 11's	34	34	0	0	267	11
1982/1983	Und 12's	35	34	1	0	273	12
1983/1984	Und 13's	31	31	0	0	187	14
1984/1985	Und 14's	30	30	0	0	201	15
1985/1986	Und 15's	32	30	0	2	224	26
	TOTALS	162	159	1	2	1152	78

RADIO INTERVIEWS

Listen to Chris Duffy being interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live and BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Services) about the club's fantastic record. Click on the images below to listen to the interviews.

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