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Their most notable achievement is that they held, from 1885 until 2007, the record for the biggest victory in World senior football, when on 12 September 1885 they beat Bon Accord 36 – 0 in a Scottish Cup match with a further goal disallowed for offside.

Jocky Petrie scored 13 goals in that game, a record for the most goals by a single player in a British senior match.

By coincidence, on the same day in another Scottish Cup match, Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35 – 0.

On 3 September 1887, Arbroath were drawn in the same competition against Orion football club – the team that should have been invited to the Scottish Cup match in 1885 instead of the Orion cricket club.

The result on this occasion was 20 – 0.