As far as milestones go it's one that the any team would want to avoid, but the Philadelphia Phillies became officially the worst sports franchise in US sport. They are the first team in American history to reach 10,000 regular season losses. They sealed their place in history with a 10-2 loss against the St Louis cardinals.

But when it comes to sporting failures America are light-years behind the undisputed champions the UK. Showing the Yanks how it's really done, we countdown Britain's favourite sporting disasters.