Irish football fans delight in Jamie Vardy’s failure to match Jimmy Dunne’s record

Jamie Vardy's incredible goalscoring run has come to an end.

Not that it will bother him too much as his side still won 3-0 this afternoon against Swansea to sit on top of the Premier League. But Vardy endured a day of personal disappointment as his bid to match an Irishman's record of scoring in 12 consecutive top flight English league games came to an end. Vardy's goal last week against Manchester United had set a new Premier League record of 11-goals in 11 games, but today's blank it means he is still a goal short of a record set by Jimmy Dunne who scored in 12 consecutive games for Sheffield United in the First Division season of 1931-32. Dunne was in the midst of an incredible run of form for the Blades, for whom he racked up 143 goals in 173 appearances. He also netted 13 times in 15 appearances for the Irish national side in the 1930s. Vardy's season has been sensational, but some football fans, and many Irishmen among them, are delighted he's missed out on a piece of personal and footballing history https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/673182912280322048 https://twitter.com/irish_pics/status/673183311401984001 https://twitter.com/HoltChris/status/673185067187867648 https://twitter.com/PaddysMad/status/673182984888049665 https://twitter.com/YankilevichESPN/status/673184285910790144 https://twitter.com/jjohnpaullyne/status/673183285774843904 https://twitter.com/JamesShield1/status/673190475453566976 https://twitter.com/conarprice/status/673191560243204096 https://twitter.com/Marty_Cass/status/673190299733270529 https://twitter.com/Blackouts99/status/673187134187139073