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Edwin van der Sar sends East Kilbride 27 beer crates after record winning run

East Kilbride celebrated surpassing Ajax’s world record of 26 successive wins after securing a 3-1 victory against BSC Glasgow at K-Park on Saturday
  
  

East Kilbride players and staff celebrate with beer presented by Ajax club officials.
East Kilbride players and staff celebrate with beer presented by Ajax club officials. Photograph: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images

Ajax helped East Kilbride celebrate surpassing their world record of 26 successive wins after the Scottish Lowland League club secured a 3-1 victory against BSC Glasgow at K-Park on Saturday.

An Ajax-branded van drove on to the pitch at full-time filled with 27 crates of beer for East Kilbride’s players and staff and a congratulatory video message from Edwin van der Sar, who is now a marketing director for the Dutch club.

“Many thanks to [Ajax] and [Van der Sar] for the message of congratulations and the 27 crates of beer!” the club tweeted. “Touch of class!”

Their midfielder Declan Hughes opened the scoring and, with the score at 2-1 with five minutes remaining, Hughes bent in a free-kick to make sure of the team’s feat.

The win surpassed Ajax’s run in the 1971-72 season led by Johan Cruyff, but will not be officially recognised by Guinness World Records as East Kilbride, who play in the fifth tier, are not a top-level side.

 

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