While 20 games is a lot I'm surprised the record wasn't bigger for the whole history of English football and across all competitions.
So, do you, or anybody else know, without googling which club has the record of most successive defeats at the start of a season, 12. Only knew as there was an article in the paper saying it wasn't just a record here but for top flight football in Europe by a team from a lower league in Europe could havecequalled it If they lost that weekend.