This date in soccer history, 8/25/2004

Hopefully I am not spoiling one of the events in the post today. I originally thought this was for the 24th before finding out it was for the 25th.

August 25, 2004

Arsenal broke the 26 year old record set by Nottingham Forest for most games in a row without a loss in English competition at 43. They defeated Blackburn by a score of 3-0 behind goals from Thierry Henry, Gilberto Silva and Jose Antonio Reyes.

Arsenal would go on to have an unbeaten streak of 49 games in English games. This streak started in 2003, ran through the whole 2003/2004 season before ending with a 2-0 loss to Manchester United early in the 2004 season.

This is the greatest streak in English soccer and will likely never be matched.