Records
History

Records

Appearances

Most appearances

626 by Bob Ferrier between 1917 and 1937

Youngest players

Lennon Miller – 16 years and 6 days (Debut in 2022)
Darren Smith – 16 years and 189 days (Debut in 2004)
John Taylor ‘Bug’ Young – 16 years and 231 days (Debut in 1886)
Tommy Coakley – 16 years and 314 days (Debut in 1964)

Oldest  players

Gordon Marshall – 41 years and 171 days (Motherwell vs Celtic on 30 July 2005)

Goals

Most league goals

284 by Hughie Ferguson between 1916 and 1925.

Most league goals in a season

52 by Willie McFadyen in season 1931/32

Most European goals

7 by Jamie Murphy between 2009 and 2010

Scorelines

Highest scoring home win

12-1 against Dundee United in 1954

Highest scoring away win

8-1 against Thistle in 1894

Highest scoring home defeat

0-7 against Celtic in 1982

Highest scoring away defeat

0-8 against Aberdeen in 1979

Highest scoring home draw

6-6 against Dumbarton in 1954, and Hibernian in 2010

Highest scoring away draw

3-3 against St Mirren in 2009

Highest home aggregate

8-5 against Queen of the South in 1938

Highest away aggregate

3-8 against Partick Thistle in 1971

Highest scoring European win

8-1 against Flamurtari in 2009

Highest scoring European defeat

0-3 against Steaua Bucharest in 2009

Defence

Most clean sheets in a season

20 in season 2017/18

Sequences

Longest winning sequence

12 wins in 1968

Longest drawing sequence

Five draws in 1975 and 1988

Longest losing sequence

Nine defeats in 1979

Consecutive clean sheets

Seven clean sheets in 1996

Games failing to score

Eight games in season 1995/96

Games without a win

19 winless games in 1988

Games without a draw

34 games between 1953 and 1954

Games without a loss

30 games undefeated in 1933

Games without failing to score

56 matches between 1932 and 1934

Games without a clean sheet

35 matches between 1905 and 1906

Attendances

Record home attendance

35,632 against Rangers at Fir Park in 1952.

Transfer fees

Record fee paid

£500,000 paid to Everton for John Spencer in 1999.

Record fee received

£3.25 million paid by Celtic for David Turnbull in 2020.

You might also like