11.   The Danish star has signed up for his ninth successive year with the club.

12.   Bruce Maidment has won one of the major Thames races for the ninth successive year.

13.   And for the second successive year, the St Helens based group is forced to cut its dividend.

14.   MERESYSIDE Youth Games, a showcase for hundreds of Merseyside youngsters, will be staged next weekend at Bebington Oval for the second successive year.

15.   MERSEYSIDE Youth Games a showcase for hundreds of Merseyside youngsters will be staged next weekend at Bebington Oval for the second successive year.

16.   The proposal to close Seacombe Ferry comes a week after the revitalised service won a top tourist award for the second successive year.

17.   And the gap is expected to widen each year as successive years of the baby boom generation begin collecting benefits.

18.   Baffert is the first trainer to bring horses to the Belmont in successive years with a chance to win the Triple Crown.

19.   But they could not do it in successive years.

20.   By definition, the Olympic Games celebrate an Olympiad, or period of four successive years.