Anyone recall how long any non-OF has lead the league table for in recent years, we are at 8 games, am I right thinking Hearts were at 11 or 12 before Vlad went mad and sacked his manager for being too good?

 

What about during the season - Don's in the early 90's or Hearts back in '86?

 

 

In 2005 Hearts won their first 8 league games in style (but were knocked out of the League Cup by Livi). I think they then drew 2 games, one of which was v Celtic, and then Burley got the boot.

 

Other than that, I can't recall any non-OF team having such a good start as us, I'm sure you'd have to go back a long way.

 

Edit to add: just looked up Hearts of the mid-80s. In season 86/87 they had the very same W/D/L record as us after 8 games - but then won only 1 of their next 8, and finished 5th in the end.

 

That was the season after they nearly won the league. In 85/86 they only won 2 of their first 9 before going on a tremendous unbeaten run which lasted until they blew it at Dens on the last day.

Edited September 30, 201312 yr by Yngwie

Yeah hearts went unbeaten for 12 matches in the SPL during 2005/2006.  They were then beaten 2-0 by Hibs at Easter Road on the 29th of October, a week after George Burley left.

Would like to see when the last Old Firm team got at least 10 wins and 2 draws from the first 12 matches.

Speaking of stats, I don't imagine ICT have ever had a goal difference of +11 in the top flight.

We finished SPL season 2005/06 with a goal difference of +13 but this season's +11 after 8 games suggests we could better that.

Here's another one then. Definitely the first time we've ever won 4 consecutive home league games in the top flight.

I've looked through the previous seasons results and indeed, you're right - it's the first time we've won 4 home games in a row! (in the top tier). I was pleasantly surprised that we'd won 3 in a row on a number of occasions. But never 4! 

 

Looking back, our best run of top flight results at home was probably this:

 

December 2006 - Inverness 2-1 Rangers (last gasp goal from Rankin eluded Alan McGregor - great Xmas present!)

January 2007 - Inverness 2-1 St. Mirren (Bayne and Wyness notch for us)

January 2007 - Inverness 3-0 Hibernian (I remember being hung-over at this in the North stand...might have been a Sunday game!)

January 2007 - Inverness 1-2 Celtic (venegoor of Hesselink grabbed a last minute winner as Celtic rob us!)

March 2007 Inverness 1-0 Dundee United (Barry Wilson goal)

 

Great memories typing that but we're even better placed now!

If you researched all that, then  you have my admiration, Sneckboy. 

 

A really right-down, regular Caley Thistle fan.