Most Defeats in a Season

34    Doncaster R        1997/98 Division 3 (46)

33    Rochdale              1931/32 Division 3N (40)

         Cambridge Utd    1984/85 Division 3 (46)

         Newport County   1987/88 Division 4 (46)

         Chester City         1992/93 Division 2 (46)

         Oxford United       2000/01 Division 2 (46)

         Wimbledon*         2003/04 Division 1 (46) 

            * now called Milton Keynes Dons

32     Stockport               2001/02 Division 1 (46)

          Workington T        1975/76 Division 4 (46)

          Leyton Orient        1994/95 Division 2 (46)

31     Stoke City              1984/85 Division 1 (42 games)

Successive Defeats

18     Darwen                  1898/99 Division 2

17     Rochdale              1931/32 Division 3N

         Sunderland           2002/03 P League and Div 1

15     Walsall                  1988/89 Division 2

14     Darwen                  1897/98 Division 2

          Manchester Utd    1929/30 Division 1

          Nottm Forest         1912/13 Division 2

13     Loughborough      1899/1900 Division 2

12     Barrow                    1957/58 Division 3N

         Brighton & HA        2002/03 Division 1 

          Brighton & HA       1972/73 Division 2

          Lincoln City           1896/97 Division 2

Consecutive Home Defeats

14     Rochdale              1931/32 Division 3N

10     Birmingham         1985/86 Division 1

9        Darwen                 1897/98 Division 2

           Watford                 1971/72 Division 2

8        Stockport               2001/02 Division 1

          Darwen                  1898/99 Division 2

          Rotherham Utd    1955/56 Division 2

          Walsall                   1988/89 Division 3

          Doncaster             1997/98 Division 3

7        Huddersfield        1999/2000 Division 1

                (several more teams have recorded 7)

Consecutive Away Defeats

24      Crewe                    1894/95 Division 2

           Nelson                   1929/30 Division 3N

23       Doncaster            1902/03 Division 2

21       Fulham                  1926/27 Division 2

            Norwich City         1930/31 Division 3S

20        Liverpool               1952/53 Division 1

19        Stockport               1901/02 Division 2

             West Ham            1959/60 Division 1

             Doncaster            1961/62 Division 4

             Doncaster            1966/67 Division 3

             Swindon               2001/02 Division 2

Consecutive Defeats (Home and Away) at the start of season

12        Manchester Utd   1930/31 Division 1

10        Newport County   1970/71 Division 4

             Barnet                    1993/94 Division 2

9           Coventry                1919/20 Division 2

8            Liverpool               1899/1900 Division 1

              Crewe                    1981/82 Division 4

7            Northwich Vic       1893/94 Division 2

               Bolton                    1902/03 Division 1

               Bristol Rovers     1961/62 Division 2

               Bournemouth      1994/95 Division 2

               Chester City         1994/95 Division 2

Consecutive Games without Defeat

42           Nottm Forest       1977/78 Division 1

34           Leeds                   1968/69 Division 1

32           Bristol Rovers     1972/73 Division 3

31           Liverpool              1986/87 Division 1

30           Liverpool               1893/94 Division 2

                Burnley                  1920/21 Division 1

                Leeds                    1972/73 Division 1

27           Huddersfield        1924/25 Division 1

                Bristol Rovers      1952/53 Division 3S

                West Ham            1980/81 Division 2

                Chelsea                1988/89 Division 2

(NB Arsenal recorded 49 games without defeat in the Premiership from Season 2002/03 - 2004/05) 

Information supplied by Tony Brown at SoccerData