Robins beat previous best of four set on two occasions more than 25 years ago
Hassocks have set a new club record for consecutive clean sheets in senior football after keeping five shutouts in a row.
The previous best was four, set in the 1996-97 season and then equalled in the 1998-99 campaign. Paul John was between the sticks on both occasions with the first run coming as the Robins made a flying start to the season.
Hassocks were 2-0 winners at home to Peacehaven & Telscombe on the opening day. They followed that up by beating Eastbourne Town by the same scoreline with a third successive 2-0 win coming at Southwick.
The Robins then won 1-0 at Oakwood before exiting the FA Cup at the hands of Egham Town, conceding 3-1 times as the run came to an end.
A little over two years later and John and his defence repeated the trick, recording four clean sheets from four matches in four different competitions.
Hassocks won 1-0 away at Whitehawk in the league, 3-0 at Ware in the FA Vase, 5-0 at home against Haywards Heath Town in the old Floodlit Cup and 2-0 at Selsey in the Sussex RUR Charity Cup.
The sequence was broken with a 2-0 defeat in yet another competition, the Robins exiting the John O’Hara League Cup in a 2-0 away defeat to Sidlesham.
There have been plenty of occasions when Hassocks have managed three clean sheets in a row but never five. James Shaw and his defence are now the proud owners of the record.
They kicked off their run with a 0-0 draw at home against FA Vase quarter finalists Peacehaven & Telscombe.
The Robins then went and won 2-0 away at Saltdean United, inflicting defeat on former Hassocks head coach Brad Sweetman.
Horsham YMCA came to the Beacon with one of the Premier Division’s leading scorers in their ranks in Tom Tolfrey, but they could find no way through either.
A 2-0 win at Loxwood followed by a 3-0 win against AFC Varndeanians completed the fantastic five.
