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A RECORD breaking Scottish football club are waiting to find out of their 36-0 scoreline has been toppled.

Arbroath FC achieved the Guinness world record by thumping Bon Accord in September 1885.

But now Ecuadorian side Pelileo Sporting Club could be set to take the accolade after beating rivals Indi Native 44-1 at the weekend.

Speaking to The Courier, Arbroath chairman John Christison said: “ We’ve held the record for so long that we’d be pretty disappointed to lose it. It certainly is something that the club is extremely proud of but we’ll have to wait to see if this game is ratified by Guinness as a world record.”

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​Fans at Estadio Ciudad de Pelileo​ ​watched in amazements at goal after goal.

It saw Pelileo's winger Ronny Medina score 18 goal​s while others scored five and six each.

​They score 24 of the goals in the first half and kept going to score another 20 in the second.

​In Abroath's famous rout, seven goals were chalked off for offside.

Incredibly, on the same day as the Arbroath record was set, Dundee Harp saw off Aberdeen Rovers 35-0.

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