George Camsell went on an amazing scoring run for Middlesbrough in the old Second Division in 1926-27. In 12 consecutive league games, starting on October 16 and finishing on New Year's Day 1927, Camsell scoring run went: 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 5, 2, 3 - a total of 29 goals. In fact, during that season Camsell scored 59 goals in 37 league games to set a new Football League record.
1) Masashi Nakayama (Jubilo Iwata, Apr 15-Apr 29 1998, 16 goals in four games)
Owen Goodyear and Stephen Whitehurst write in to offer Japanese poacher Nakayama's short and sweet streak back in 1998. "As my Japanese ex-girlfriend reminded me on an almost hourly basis, he scored hat-tricks in four consecutive J-League games - 16 goals in all," writes Owen. "Oh, and he has the fastest ever international hat-trick for good measure, three minutes and three seconds against Brunei in 2000."
His streak: 5, 4, 4, 3.
Owen Goodyear and Stephen Whitehurst write in to offer Japanese poacher Nakayama's short and sweet streak back in 1998. "As my Japanese ex-girlfriend reminded me on an almost hourly basis, he scored hat-tricks in four consecutive J-League games - 16 goals in all," writes Owen. "Oh, and he has the fastest ever international hat-trick for good measure, three minutes and three seconds against Brunei in 2000."
His streak: 5, 4, 4, 3.
2) Coen Dillen (PSV Eindhoven, Jan 27-Mar 31 1957, 20 goals in nine games)
"He doesn't beat George Camsell, but Coen Dillen deserves a mention," writes Martijn ter Haar. Dillen, nicknamed "Her Kanon", banged in 43 goals in the 1956-57 season, an Eredivisie record.
His streak: 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3.
3) Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich, Sep 27 1969-Mar 3 1970, 23 goals in 16 games)
Der Bomber's stunning scoring streak certainly beats Camsell for longevity. Oliver Alexander wrote in to suggest this six-month spell as the swinging 60s gave way to the savage 70s. "Note that the actual sequence of matchdays was quite a bit shuffled due to inclement wintery conditions," writes Oliver. "Also, Müller missed one match due to injury." The story of that season, with Bayern missing out to a Berti Vogts-inspired Borussia Monchengladbach, is here.
His streak: 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1
4) Owen Coyle (Airdrie, Sept 15-Sept29 1990, 12 goals in four games)
Not a name you'd expect to see on this list, it's fair to say, but Coyle had a remarkable fortnight early in the 1990-91 season. "He went supernova scoring 17 goals in Airdieonians' first seven games," writes Steve Guy, "and only scored three more in the league for the rest of the season." His best uninterrupted run came after a hat-trick against Forfar.
His streak: 3, 2, 3, 4
5) Steve Bloomer (England, Mar 9 1895-Mar 20 1899, 19 goals in 10 games)
"As a Derby County fan it's always useful to look up Steve Bloomer's record in these cases," writes David Hopkins. "Bloomer scored in each of his first 10 England games - 19 goals in total." And that's as good an international spell as we can find.
His streak: 2, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2
6) Refik Resmja (Partizan Tirana, Feb 18-Mar 4 1951, 24 goals in four games and May 5-Jun 10 1951, 18 goals in six games)
Probably our favourite name on this list, if only because of the improbable 14-year-old-playing-in-the-Under-9s scoring figures. The opponents weren't of a particularly high standard (Puna Gjirokaster, Spartaku Qyteti Stalin and so forth), but his flurry of goals has no equal in top-flight world football. Even then, his tally of 59 goals in 23 games in a team total of 136 in 26, weren't enough to bring Partizan the title. They finished two points behind city rivals Dinamo.
His streaks: 6, 7, 7, 4 and 3, 4, 1, 4, 5, 1.
7) José Saturnino Cardozo (CD Toluca (Mex) Sep 21-Nov 24 2002, 19 goals in 11 games)
Cardozo began his streak on September 21 with a solitary goal against Queretaro and ended it on November 24 with a goal against Santos in the final game of the regular season. In between, the Paraguayan banged in 17 goals in nine games. He also scored six goals in five post-season games to help his side to the title.
His streak: 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1
8) Dave Mooney (Cork City, Jun 1-present, 11 goals in six games)
Mooney makes this list by virtue of potential. The Cork City striker, writes Lorcan Connolly, has scored five braces in his last six games and once in the other. "With City's next two games being against whipping boys Cobh and Finn Harps, there's every reason to believe his remarkable run will continue," writes Lorcan. Mooney didn't play in Monday's 1-0 win over Cobh, so his run his still alive.
His streak: 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2 ...
9) Rodion Camataru (Dinamo Bucharest, May 17-Jun 25 1987, 21 goals in seven games)
One of the greatest Romanian forwards of all time, Camataru hit a purple patch in a prolific season at the end of 1986-87. The striker scored a remarkable 21 goals in the final seven games of the season, finishing the campaign with 44, exactly double the number of his nearest rival, the current Romania manager and then Steaua Bucharest forward Victor Piturca.
His streak: 1, 3, 3, 2, 4, 5, 3
10) Mario Jardel (FC Porto, Oct 29 1999-Jan 15 2000, 18 goals in nine games)
It's sometimes easy to forget that the portly figure who warmed the Bolton Wanderers bench in 2003 and 2004 was once the most lethal striker on the planet. At the beginning of the new millennium, the Brazillian was in the middle of a nine-game scoring spree that included three hat-tricks in four games leading up to Christmas.
His streak: 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2
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