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!
