Who holds the longest unbeaten streak in a city derby?
“Is there any evidence of a city derby record equal or better than the 22 games undefeated Heart of Midlothian went against Hibernian in Edinburgh?” wonders Ewan Murray. “The first game was 1 April 1989, last 30 April 1994.” In two-team cities, Ewan, we’ve failed to top Hearts’ efforts, north or south of the border. The longest runs we can find in Scotland, using Soccerbase’s excellent head-to-head search facility, are Rangers’ 12-match streak over Celtic between 1960 and 1964, and Dundee United’s 16-match unbeaten run against their city rivals between 1979 and 1984. In England, the longest runs in two-team cities we’ve found are: Manchester Utd 16 matches from February 1990 to April 2001 Liverpool 15 matches from March 1972 to April 1978 Aston Villa 13 matches from November 1887 to October 1904 Sheffield Wednesday 11 matches from October 1910 to October 1919 Bristol Rovers 10 matches from April 1986 to January 1991 Nottingham Forest eight matches from September 1923 to October 1928 St
