Season trivia for Scottish Premiership 2010/2011
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2010/2011 Scottish Premiership season in Scotland.
Fastest goalscorer
Dougie Imrie, playing in Hamilton Academical, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Inverness-Hamilton Academical, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Michael Higdon, playing for St Mirren, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 10 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between St Mirren-Hamilton Academical.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2010, Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2010/2011 season.
Most braces by player
Kenny Miller in Rangers scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2010/2011 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 8 matches during the season:
Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock)
Gary Hooper (Celtic)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Kenny Miller in Rangers during the 2010/2011 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2010/2011 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Celtic was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2010/2011 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 1 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Dundee United and Aberdeen.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2010/2011 season in Scottish Premiership. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Seán Dillon (Dundee United) and Hugh Murray (St Mirren).
Most own goals by team
Aberdeen scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2010/2011 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 4 players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Kenny Miller (Rangers)
Anthony Stokes (Hibernian and Celtic)
David Goodwillie (Dundee United)
Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock)
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Gary Hooper in Celtic who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Kenny Miller in Rangers scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Scottish Premiership during the 2010/2011 season.
Most consecutive wins
Rangers was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2010/2011 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Celtic were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2010/2011 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Aberdeen had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Scottish Premiership during the 2010/2011 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Hamilton Academical managed the feat of not winning a single match in 22 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Rangers were best at during the 2010/2011 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Kilmarnock were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2010/2011 season.
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