David Moyes has been breaking Manchester United records all season. Unfortunately for him, they just happen to be the unwanted ones.
The United boss has seen his side become the first north-west club in English top flight history to fail to take a single point against their regional rivals - in this case Liverpool, Everton and those noisy neighbours Manchester City.
Moyes' side's insipid 2-0 defeat by his former club Everton on Sunday also gave the Scotsman the dubious honour of being the first United boss in history to suffer home and away League defeats to both Liverpool clubs in a single season.
'Merseyside 4 United 0' makes for particularly unpleasant reading for the Old Trafford faithful, particularly when you have to go back to the 1969-70 season to find the last time Everton managed to do the League double over United.
Wilf McGuinness was the man in charge of United as Everton won 2-0 away and 3-0 at home in the space of six days in August 1969. United went on to finish eighth that season and McGuinness was sacked the following December. Whether Moyes will outlast McGuinness' 18 months in charge remains to be seen.
The records certainly continue to tumble for Moyes, who turns 51 on Wednesday. This campaign is the eighth time Liverpool have achieved a League double over United, but it was the first time in Premier League history that both Liverpool and Manchester City have managed it in the same season.
Moyes is already guaranteed to oversee his club's lowest points tally since the formation of the Premier League, while United's proud record of qualifying for the Champions League in every season since 1995 will be gone, too.
Swansea won 2-1 at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history and United suffered their first home defeat by Newcastle since February 1972.
West Bromwich Albion clinched victory on United turf for the first time since December 1978, while Moyes' side's 2-1 defeat by Stoke in February was United's first loss in the Potteries since 1984.
DAVID MOYES' UNWANTED RECORDS AT MANCHESTER UNITED
First time Everton, Manchester City and Liverpool have beaten United home & away since Premier League's inception
First time Everton have beaten United home and away since 1969-70
First time Everton & Liverpool have ever done a league double over United in the same season
First time Man City & Liverpool have beaten United home & away since Premier League's inception
First time United conceded a first-minute goal in the Premier League (Edin Dzeko for Manchester City)
United are guaranteed to finish the season with their lowest ever Premier League points tally
United fail to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1995
United's worst home league form for over a decade
Suffered three defeats in a row for the first time since 2001 this season
Eliminated in the FA Cup third round - something which happened just once under Ferguson
First ever home defeat to Swansea this term
First home defeat to Newcastle since 1972
First home defeat to West Brom since 1978
First league defeat to Stoke since 1984
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