Champions League favourites Barcelona last night equalled a 30-year-old European record previously held exclusively by West Ham United.
Having beaten Milan 3-2 in last night's Champions League Group H clash, the Spanish giants scored for a 27th successive European fixture - thereby equalling the record set in 1980 by John Lyall's West Ham.The Hammers went an incredible 16 years without failing to score in a European tie - a period that stretched from 1964 to November 1980, when United's run finally ended with a 1-0 defeat away to Romanian side Poli Timisoara.
Barcelona will beat West Ham's record on 6th December should they avoid a stalemate against Belarusian champions BATE at the Nou Camp in their next Champion's League fixture.
The full list of games is as follows:
1964 (Cup Winners Cup)
R1L1: La Gantoise 0-1 West Ham Utd (Boyce)
R1L2: West Ham Utd 1-1 La Gantoise (Byrne)
R2L1: West Ham Utd 2-0 Spartak Prague (Bond, Sealey)
R2L2: Spartak Prague 2-1 West Ham Utd (Sissons)
1965 (Cup Winners Cup)
QFL1: Lausanne 1-2 West Ham Utd (Dear, Byrne)
QFL2: West Ham Utd 4-3 Lausanne (Dear 2, Peters, Tacchella og)
SFL1: West Ham Utd 2-1 Real Zaragoza (Dear, Byrne)
SFL2: Real Zaragoza 1-1 West Ham Utd (Sissons)
FIN: West Ham Utd 2-0 TSV Munich (Sealey 2)
R2L1: West Ham Utd 4-0 Olympiakos (Hurst 2, Byrne, Brabrook)
R2L2: Olympiakos 2-2 West Ham Utd (Peters 2)
QFL1: West Ham Utd 1-0 Magdeburg (Byrne)
QFL2: Magdeburg 1-1 West Ham Utd (Sissons)
SFL1: West Ham Utd 1-2 Borussia Dortmund (Peters)
SFL2: Borussia Dortmund 3-1 West Ham Utd (Byrne)
1975 (Cup Winners Cup)
R1L1: Lahden Reipas 2-2 West Ham Utd (Brooking, Bonds)
R1L2: West Ham Utd 3-0 Lahden Reipas (Robson, Holland, Jennings)
R2L1: Ararat Erevan 1-1 West Ham Utd (A Taylor)
R2L2: West Ham Utd 3-1 Ararat Erevan (Paddon, Robson, A Taylor)
1976 (Cup Winners Cup)
QFL1: Den Haag 4-2 West Ham Utd (Jennings 2)
QFL2: West Ham Utd 3-1 Den Haag (A Taylor, Lampard, Bonds)
SFL1: Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 West Ham Utd (Paddon)
SFL2: West Ham Utd 3-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Brooking 2, Robson)
FIN: Anderlecht 4-2 West Ham Utd (Holland, Robson)
1980 (Cup Winners Cup)
R1L1: Castilla 3-1 West Ham Utd (Cross)
R1L2: West Ham Utd 5-1 Castilla (Cross 3, Pike, Goddard)
R2L1: West Ham Utd 4-0 Poli Timisoara (Bonds, Goddard, Stewart (p), Cross)
R2L2: Poli Timisoara 1-0 West Ham Utd
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