On 27 January 2009, Van der Sar helped Manchester United set a new club and Premier League record for consecutive clean sheets – the club's 5–0 win over
West Bromwich Albion meant that they had gone 11 games and 1,032 minutes without conceding a goal, beating the previous record of 10 matches and 1,025 minutes set by
Petr Čech in the 2004–05 season. Finally, on 18 February 2009, Van der Sar further extended the record to 1,302 minutes, and in doing so, he broke
José María Buljubasich's single-season world record of 1,289 minutes, set in the
Chilean Clausura in 2005. In total, Van der Sar had gone 1,311 minutes without conceding in the league