The above table highlights his run alongside those of the seven-game sequencers he has now eclipsed . In addition, during this run he also had time to lay on six assists, double any of the other candidates

Mark Stein was the first, and most surprising, member of the list. Currently only equal 125th in terms of goals scored in the Premiership, the run comprised his first goals in the Premiership, after a transfer from Stoke. He was regarded as something of a failure when he did not score in his first seven appearances and Chelsea were languishing in the relegation zone when the run commenced. In all but one game he had scored by half time. After the run ended, he managed four more goals in the three further games he played in an injury-hit season

Probably because they were not in consecutive games played by the team, Wright's appearance in the group has been ignored by many reporters. A prolific goalscorer, the nine goals he scored in the run accounted for half his output that season as he also suffered the longest blank spell of his career, nine games, later that year

Unsurprisingly, Alan Sheare features, although not in any of his three 30+ goal seasons with Blackburn. He is the only player to have scored precisely one goal in each game and has also twice had six game runs as well as a five game sequence this year

Like Stein, Thierry Henry found adjusting to the Premiership difficult initially and only scored once in his first twelve outings. Indeed, it was as a substitute that he scored an 89th minute penalty which keept the run going. He equalled the record with the last day of the 1999/00 season but was unable set a new mark in the 2000/1 season opener, though he did score in the three subsequent matches

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