Unwanted record for Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough’s 3-1 defeat at rivals Newcastle on Monday (11th May) not only saw them staring the Premiership trapdoor full in the face but also set a club record for consecutive away losses in the top flight.

It was Boro’s 11th consecutive match away from the Riverside, they last gained a point on the road in the Premier league on the 16th November 2008, when they drew with Everton, 1-1.

Their previous club record in the English top flight was ten losses between December 1910 and September 1911.

They still have a long way to go to break the all-time record of losing consecutive away matches in the top flight though, the record, suprisingly, is held by Liverpool, who lost twenty consecutive games away from Anfield between March 1953 and January 1954.