THE LONGEST WAITS..EVER

ACTIVE SPORTING DROUGHTS 27 years - since Liverpool were champions of England 48 years - since Newcastle United won a major trophy 51 years - since England won the World Cup 56 years - since Tottenham won the league 126 years - since Somerset joined cricket’s county championship and the still have never won it 199 seasons - since Montreal won ice hockey’s Stanley Cup and Toronto baseball’s World Series, both in 1993, no Canadian team has won a title in basketball, baseball or ice hockey in a combined 199 attempts in those 24 years. GREAT DROUGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN QUENCHED 86 years - the Boston Red Sox went a lifetime without winning the World Series, with fans convinced they were suffering the Curse of the Bambino after the team traded Babe Ruth to archrivals the New York Yankees. The curse went from 1918 to 2004. 108 years - between the Chicago Cubs winning baseball’s World Series in 1908 and winning it again in 2016.