Martin Wilkinson

Loves wildlife, epic landscapes, NUFC, cycling, ale (not necessarily in that order)

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@FrancisChipp No pre-match huddle, more like a prayer meeting?

[The Statty Geezer @StattyGeezerFC]

🚨 POINTLESS STAT OF THE DAY #140

⚽ THE CONSECUTIVE GOAL LADDER: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

What's the longest run in English league football where a team scores exactly one more goal in every successive league match?

We are exhausted at Statty HQ as we have trawled through 212,532 English league results dating back to 1888, searching for the ultimate goal ladder!

🥇 NEWCASTLE UNITED

The record overall and in the top flight is SIX consecutive matches, achieved by Newcastle in February–April 2025!

❌ Liverpool 2–0 Newcastle
⚽ West Ham 0–1 Newcastle
⚽⚽ Newcastle 2–1 Brentford
⚽⚽⚽ Leicester 0–3 Newcastle
⚽⚽⚽⚽ Newcastle 4–1 Man Utd
⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽ Newcastle 5–0 Crystal Palace

From zero to five in six matches! Newcastle won five of the six, finishing with that 5–0 win over Crystal Palace on 16 April 2025.

TOON ARMY FANS WERE YOU AWARE OF THIS POINTLESS RECORD? 🤣

We went deeper and looked at other divisions.....👀

🥈 TIER 2 - CHAMPIONSHIP / OLD 2ND DIVISION
Four teams managed the five-match ladder from zero to four:
🔹 Grimsby Town December 1906–January 1907
🔹 Charlton Athletic September–October 1962
🔹 Crystal Palace September–October 2005
🔹 Stoke City October–November 2020

Stoke's run saw them go from zero against Swansea to one against Rotherham, two at Watford, three at Reading and four against Huddersfield in a 4–3 win!

🥉 TIER 3 - LEAGUE ONE / OLD 3RD DIVISION

14 different teams achieved the five-match sequence. Exeter City did it twice!

🔹 Newport County December 1923
🔹 Millwall April 1938
🔹 Exeter City February–March 1937
🔹 Carlisle United December 1930–January 1931
🔹 Brighton December 1948–January 1949
🔹 Halifax Town April 1957
🔹 Barnsley August–September 1953
🔹 Mansfield Town September 1958
🔹 Queens Park Rangers February–March 1967
🔹 Cambridge United December 1977–January 1978
🔹 Gillingham December 1977–January 1978
🔹 Oldham Athletic February–March 2002
🔹 Exeter City December 2024
🔹 Peterborough United April–May 2021
🔹 Shrewsbury Town May–September 1971

Exeter's most recent run began with zero against Stockport in December 2024, before progressing through one, two and three goals to finish with four against Crawley in a 4–4 draw!

🏅 TIER 4 - LEAGUE TWO / OLD FOURTH DIVISION
Just two teams made the five-match ladder:
🔹 Scunthorpe United October–November 2001
🔹 Shrewsbury Town March–April 2011

Shrewsbury went from a 5–0 defeat at Torquay to scoring one against Wycombe, two at Bradford, three at Rotherham and four against Macclesfield!

THE FINAL SCORE
Tier 1: 0 → 5 in six matches
Tier 2: 4 teams reached 0 → 4
Tier 3: 14 teams reached 0 → 4
Tier 4: 2 teams reached 0 → 4

No seven-match sequence of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 goals was found so Newcastle stand alone at the top of the goal ladder! ⚽📈

Do let us know if we have missed any runs or if you have stories of any of these games.

Use this information wisely. 🤓

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@swinburne_mark Stanley. Genuinely a 50/50 Mags and makems town. At least it was in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up there. Happily me dad was 🖤+🤍 so there was never any doubt which path I would follow through life

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@sefalkmaar To be fair, Alkmaar is a brilliant destination as well. I visit every year for a week of cycling. I love the place, way better than Amsterdam

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@NE5westend We'll only know when our injury list reduces. Lots of positives today, Joe Willock especially. But that last 20mins, jeez, I aged 20 years which I can't afford to do at my age

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@jack_lwy Is that the Champions League theme I can hear? Obviously not, and never will

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@FrancisChipp Rats to Anfield has a certain resonance

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@NE5westend I met him once when he did some work on the stack of a factory in Bolton. He did headstands on the platform on the top. We all tried the climb. About 30ft was enough for me 🥺

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@NE5westend Phenominal pace over the first few yards. And I played 5 a side against him after he retired. He lashed one straight into me nads...felt that for a good while 😫

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

Fabulous lunch at @il_piccolo_deli yesterday then collected pre-order of latest labour of love by @northumbriana from Forum Books. Couple of First&Last ales from The Pele to round off a perfect day out

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@seth_b2509 @LukeEdwardsTele He also led our press and gained us a few goals from it in our best times

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@northumbriana I'd have to find a place for the Bodega on that list

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@BNWARMY_ As I've often been heard to say while cycling in Northumberland, we are truly blessed

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@NE5westend But is it too soon for Horni is a Geordie? 🤔

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@old_toon Really Alan? I didn't realise Xmas Cracker time had arrived already. Gets earlier every year...😏

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@YourAnonCentral It's probably the smell of it filled diaper they were objecting to

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@miradreaamy 128

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@jim_nauseum2 @LevellingDown He must have a broom shank up his arse to walk like that. In which case he could be sweeping the streets. The only work that prick will ever have done

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@leerobson23 You must have forgotten the opening goal at Wembley...Newcastle public enemy my arse..

[Martin Wilkinson @MartinW88695377]

@BladeoftheS No we don't, we need to be more like France. Get the blade sharpened...