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The Record Remains Intact
By Tony Attwood
It was the thing that nightmares are made of – to lose two of our most prestigious records in one season: the “49″, and being unbeaten in the league through a whole season.
Now only one fear remains – that Man City will spend another £100m in the January transfer window and manage to go through the league season without losing.
But at least let us lift one item from our heavy hearts before returning to the notion of the oil filled north later today.
Huddersfield Town’s 43-match unbeaten run in the Football League ended yesterday with a 2-0 defeat in League One to Charlton Athletic.
Prior to Arsenal grabbing the record with the Famous Forty-nine Nottingham Forest were the holders of the record with 42 games unbeaten under Clough. Huddersfield had already by passed Nottingham Forest, and like Forest they had done it across two season. Huddersfield passed the Forest record on November 19 with a win over Notts County.
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But we can thank Charlton that the record set between May 2003 and October 2004 has stayed. I love this, not just because of my love of Arsenal but also because I was there at the very start in May 2003, with that 6-0 win over Southampton. Pires scored three, and one of them was a goal to die for – a goal beyond all goals. The crowd was not of the largest, because of the result the previous weekend, but those of us who kept the faith saw a rare treat.
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Strangely despite the unbeaten run Huddersfield are not top of the league – they are third, behind Charlton and Sheffield Wednesday.
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Now a defeat for Manchester C in the league will make me rest a little easier each night.