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What is the longest sequential run of points in a football league table?

Ninth to 18th in the final Division One table for the 1951-52 season.
Ninth to 18th in the final Division One table for the 1951-52 season. Photograph: FA

“The Sunday before last, a draw in Tottenham v Aston Villa would have left the top five Premier League teams on 30-29-28-27-26 points,” notes Christopher Zorn. “What are the longest and highest such sequences of points that have occurred?”

Ollie Watkins’ winning goal for Aston Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium may have prevented a good bit of trivia, but our readers have found plenty of other examples.

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