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.
Edwin Van Der Sar video presentation to @officialEKFC! Can not believe this! 😂 pic.twitter.com/bXV5AfOJtv
— Paul Thomson (@PaulThomsonEK) November 5, 2016
