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This is the 18th time in the club's history that we've lost 5 games on the trot (excluding where those runs have gone beyond, so 6 on the trot isn't treated as two lots of 5 on the trot, 1-5 and 2-6).
Fred Stewart and Jimmy Scholar are the masters of this, having managed to lose 5 on the bounce on 3 separate occasions. Stewart managed 6 on the trot twice in the old first division, a feat matched by Neil Warnock with a 1-0 defeat at Tottenham.
We've turned 5 consecutive defeats into 6 on only 6 occasions; 3 in the top division, 2 in the second tier and once in the third division. Graham Williams was the first to achieve 7 successive defeats, crowned with a 1-0 defeat at Chelsea in the second division. Williams lost 10 of the 14 matches where he was manager.
Durban's Diamonds are the only side to have lost 5 successively on more than one occasion in the same season in 1985/86. The second he extended to 7 defeats on the spin, including a spectacular 6-3 thrashing by Walsall. Only a 3-1 win over Wigan puncturing 12 defeats in 13 games. That abysmal run would be followed by 8 games unbeaten, winning half.
Frankie Burrows was the only City manager to achieve 5 defeats on the trot in the bottom division.
Lennie Lawrence has managed 5 in 2003/04, Warnock managed 6 in the Premier League and now they are joined by Neil Harris. Two more defeats and Harris can go for the all time record!
Fred Stewart and Jimmy Scholar are the masters of this, having managed to lose 5 on the bounce on 3 separate occasions. Stewart managed 6 on the trot twice in the old first division, a feat matched by Neil Warnock with a 1-0 defeat at Tottenham.
We've turned 5 consecutive defeats into 6 on only 6 occasions; 3 in the top division, 2 in the second tier and once in the third division. Graham Williams was the first to achieve 7 successive defeats, crowned with a 1-0 defeat at Chelsea in the second division. Williams lost 10 of the 14 matches where he was manager.
Durban's Diamonds are the only side to have lost 5 successively on more than one occasion in the same season in 1985/86. The second he extended to 7 defeats on the spin, including a spectacular 6-3 thrashing by Walsall. Only a 3-1 win over Wigan puncturing 12 defeats in 13 games. That abysmal run would be followed by 8 games unbeaten, winning half.
Frankie Burrows was the only City manager to achieve 5 defeats on the trot in the bottom division.
Lennie Lawrence has managed 5 in 2003/04, Warnock managed 6 in the Premier League and now they are joined by Neil Harris. Two more defeats and Harris can go for the all time record!
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