Greatest Losing Streaks in Sport

Paul is back for another super episode. This time he will talk about some of the sporting teams and individuals over the years who have had the unfortunate honor of going a long time between experiencing a win. Some of what will be discussed in this episode include:- Minnow European football nations and the struggles they face in coming up against the bigger nations.- A tiny European land-locked nation whose football team went 12 years and experienced 86 loses before breaking their drought.- Western Rams Division Aussie Rules team, - Premiership droughts eg, Sydney Swans, St Kilda, Parramatta, Cronulla- Why losing streaks in sport occur- Bangladesh cricket team- Boston Red Sox - An American city, known as “The City of Design” and for its struggling professional sporting teams- Towson Tigers, Chicago State Lady Cougars, Caltech Basketball College- Sunderland FC- Charlie Wi and Vince Spadea- Princeton Sprint Football teamMiss Olivia is back to do the Quiz and Sporting Spotlight. There is also our segment Then and Now.Greatest Losing Streaks in Sport Sources1. sports.yahoo.com ‘longest losing streaks in professional sports history’, richard suter, 7/5/242. inspiring quotes.com ‘15 quotes about losing, from famous athletes’, stephanie vermillian, n.d3. the new daily.com ‘turn your porch lights off:cronulla ends famous hoodoo in thriller’, will evans, 3/10/20164. amp.foxsports.com longest losing streaks in north american sports history: white sox avoid mlb record’, 7/8/24, stats fox sports research5. yardbacker.com ‘the most memorable losing streaks in sports’, by chris morgan, 31/7/246. stadium talk.com ‘worst losing streaks in sports history’, by ross kelly, 2/12/247. quora.com ‘why do losing streaks happen? why do professionals in their sports just start losing?’, assistant bot, 20248. sportskeeda.com ‘5 longest losing streaks in afl history’, by demi balu, 6/5/249. 7news.com ‘drought’s over’, by harrison reid and kathleen o’connor, 23/6/2410. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_records11. guinness world records.com ‘longest winless streak by an international football (soccer) team, guinness world records ltd, 2025, london, uk.12. the hoya.com ‘longest winless streak in international football ends after 140 matches’, by jack longergan, 14/9/2413. britannica.com ‘andorra’, by vicente rodriguez, 15/3/2514. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra_national_football_team15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit16. Optus sport ‘san marino win first competitive game and its scenes in serraville’, 6/9/2417. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_streak18. uniblacks.org.au ‘a very brief history of the uni blacks’, melbourne university blacks football club, n.d.19. eddie murphy comedy@ ‘beverly hills cop: axel foley meets serge’, 27/3/2320. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wi21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_football22. foxsports.com ‘penrith emus lose 454-0 to eastwood across four grades in club rugby day of shame’, 29/6/2015 by foxsports writers.23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildefons_Lima24. the sun.co.uk ‘revolving door, thomas tuchel’s first england away game moved to entirely new country over stadium issue’, joshua hall, 1/4/2525. https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men26. the guardian.com ‘andorras of this world are wasting everybody’s time’, kevin mc carra, 29/8/200627. Optus sport ‘outrageous goal from inside own half gives andorra a priceless win’, 11/6/202228. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League29. stadiumdb.com ‘andorra: gerard pique’s club cancels plans for a new stadium construction’, paulina skona, 7/1/25nd away game moved to entirely new country over stadium issu