Maidstone United are in an exclusive club with Premier League leaders Liverpool.
They’re the only two teams boasting unbeaten away league records in the top six tiers of English football.
Until recently there were four but with Nottingham Forest and Chesham suffering first away defeats, the Reds and the Stones are the last ones standing.
Maidstone put their unbeaten record on the line this Saturday (3pm) when they make the long trip to leaders Truro.
George Elokobi’s side have won four and drawn five of their National League South games on the road.
Overall, they’re unbeaten in 12 league games, since losing to Chelmsford in early September, but it’s the away run that’s really catching the eye.
They hope to keep that going in Cornwall.
“You look at the number of games where we probably should have got three points instead of one and we’d be sat in a much healthier position,” said defender George Fowler.
“But at the same time, you can’t knock the away form and that unbeaten run we’ve got going at the minute.
“If you have a positive stat like that then 100% it’s mentioned because it’s something you want to keep going as a team.
“The longer you keep that going, the more beneficial it’s going to be in the league, so it’s definitely something we’ve looked at and are proud of but we’re not looking to let it go, we want to continue that streak.
“I can’t give an exact reason why we’ve gone unbeaten away.
“When we go away, we haven’t got the noise of the Genco Stand and all our home fans to help us, so it’s one of those where you have to make sure you’re extra resilient and start well because away is always harder.
“We just need to keep pulling out results away from home and get a few more at home, which we have been doing, and
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