Recently East Kilbride FC in the Scottish Lowland League achieved 30 consecutive wins but they are a semi-professional club and the "level" of their league not regarded as "top class";
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/27th-consecutive-victory-sweeps-ajax.html
The New Saints of Oswestry Town and Llansantffraid FC might also be known as TNS and it is a full time professional football club made up from two towns that span 8 miles across the English-Welsh border. The club dominates the Welsh Premier League and have won it ten times including the past five seasons. So much for proper investment.
(The full name of the "village" is Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, population 1,800 approx. The other settlement is Oswestry of course; pop 16,000)
The club was founded in 1959, known then at Llansantffraid FC and played at the local recreation ground in town. Between 1997-2006 the club was known as Total Network Solutions after its sponsor and then merged with Oswestry Town FC adopting its present name, The New Saints in 2006.The team plays at Park Hall in Oswestry.
Their first competitive games were in the Montgomeryshire Amateur Football League and a metoeric rise took them to the Welsh League in 1992-3. Winning the Welsh Cup in 1996 qualified the club for the European Cup Winners Cup and encouraged local IT compant TNS to sponsor them. They lost to Polish team Ruch Chorzow on aggregate 1-6 having won the home leg. During their foreign ventures in Europe, since 2000-01, they have played against Manchester City and Liverpool. In 2009-10 they got to the 3rd Qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League eventually losing to Anderlecht. This year they lost to Apoel of Cyprus in the 2nd Q Round.
Some may ask why they have not applied to go up to a higher level of football, but why not win your league and play in Europe every year? Makes sense! They are 21 points clear at the moment!!!!
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