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Only two Football League teams had previously managed this feat - Wigan in 2001/2002 and Barnsley in 1954/1955.
Record Run (from www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk)
Millwall, York and Reading (11), Charlton (10, and Leeds and Chelsea (9) have all enjoyed longer runs of clean sheets but all have had 0-0 draws which prevented the winning sequence reaching eight.
Danny Wilson's side have also smashed Hartlepool's club record for consecutive league wins by going nine in a row this season.