Welsh football club's Guinness World Record claim in tatters after mix-up
TNS are hoping for a resolution after a mix-up with the Guinness World Records around their long winning streak.
The Cymru Premier Division team believed they had equalled their own record of consecutive wins after beating Newtown 3-0 on Tuesday. They thought it was their 27th successive victory after the Guinness World Records told them that a penalty shootout win against East Fife in the Scottish Challenge Cup in October counted as a win.
However, the official record-keepers have admitted their mistake saying only victories after a full game count.
Presently, TNS's total winning streak is at 20 and they need to win their next eight matches to break the record they set in 2016. The club voiced their disappointment saying: "We are naturally disappointed to learn that our 27-game winning streak apparently no longer qualifies as equalling the world record."
They continued: "On February 6 Guinness World Records confirmed we had equalled the world record, and then on February 7 we were told there had apparently been a 'miscommunication' and that we have not now equalled the world record."
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The club summed up their views by stating: "As far as we are concerned a win is a win and so we have secured 27 wins back-to-back a fabulous achievement by (manager) Craig (Harrison) and the team, and one deserving of recognition."
"We are in communication with Guinness World Records, and we are hopeful of a resolution that is a fair recognition of the club's remarkable achievement on the pitch."
The New Saints celebrate their winning goal on Saturday (Raymond Davies/REX/Shutterstock)TNS stands tall at the top of the Cymru Premier Division, 17 points clear, aiming to shatter their own record set in 2015-16 under manager Harrison when they outdid the renowned 1970s Ajax team.
Harrison, the club's gaffer who used to play for Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace, insists it's an "unbelievable achievement" to score 27 wins on the trot, even if Guinness World Records doesn't see it similarly.
"I remember in the 2015-16 season that we broke it the first time and there was a lot more hype because we broke Ajax's record," he reminisced ahead of the potential history-making game against Bala Town this Friday.
(PA Archive/PA Images)"I made a lot of it at the time for us not to be compared with that great Ajax team, with Johann Cruyff in. It's all relative but it is still a fantastic and unbelievable achievement at any level to win 27 games in a row.
"To break the record once is unbelievable, I said at the time it was probably a once-in-a-career opportunity to do that, so to maybe break it a second time, it's not really a fluke.
"I really thought no one would get near it again, it was such an achievement so for us to get the opportunity to do it again proves that the standards are set very, very high at this club.
"It will be an amazing achievement if we can do it."
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