Biggest football drubbings

Mon Nov 23 2009 10:54:56

Tottenham's 9-1 defeat of Wigan is one of the Premier League's most one-sided contests. But here are the others.

Manchester United 9 Ipswich 0 - March 1995

Newcastle 8 Sheffield Wednesday 0 - September 1999

Nottingham Forest 1 Manchester United 8 - February 1999

But these pale into insignificance next to the international records.

The world record for goals scored in senior football stood for over 100 years since 1885, when Arbroath thumped Bon Accord 36-0.

Then in 2001, the Australian and American Samoa national teams came close in a qualifying match for the 2002 Fifa World Cup. Australia won 31â€" 0.

But the record was finally broken when Madagascan league champions AS Adema won a match 149-0, more than quadrupling the existing record and without gaining possession between the first goal and the 149th.

Their opponents, Stade Olymique L'Emyrne, took over the game, as they deliberately plonked the ball in the back of their own net 149 times, in protest over a refereeing decision.

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