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Worst football team claws one back

A football team dubbed Britain’s worst have won their first ever game - after a losing streak of 90 matches.

Harraby Athletic have been trounced week-in week-out for three years, beginning their stretch of defeats with a 19-0 hammering in 2006.

They regularly concede 10 goals a game and their keeper has picked the ball out of the net more than 400 times in under three seasons.

But the under-14 squad are now celebrating their first ever win after coming from behind to beat Edenvale Hawks 3-2 at their home ground, Hammond’s Park.

The Cumbrian side had previously collected just one point in the Longhorn Youth Football League since their formation - and that was only because the opposing team didn’t turn up.

Coach Brett Preston said: “Pure determination has got us there and their faces after the game meant everything.

“All week I’ve had other managers phoning me up to congratulate us on our achievement.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .