Season trivia for Scottish Premiership 2011/2012
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 2011/2012 Scottish Premiership season in Scotland.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2011/2012 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sone Aluko, playing for Rangers, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 17 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between St Johnstone-Rangers.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2011/2012 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Most braces by player
Gary Hooper in Celtic scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2011/2012 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2011/2012 season was Anthony Stokes in Celtic, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Jon Daly (Dundee United)
Gary Hooper (Celtic)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2011/2012 season was Nikica Jelavic, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Rangers.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 6 penalty goals were Rangers and St Johnstone.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Suso Santana was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Hearts.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Hearts was the best team, in total they scored 3 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2011/2012 season was Román Golobart, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Scottish Premiership, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Inverness scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2011/2012 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Nikica Jelavic in Rangers scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, which was the best in the league.
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 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Jon Daly in Dundee United scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Scottish Premiership during the 2011/2012 season.
Most consecutive wins
Celtic was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2011/2012 season, with a total of 17 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Celtic were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2011/2012 season, playing 21 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Dunfermline had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Scottish Premiership during the 2011/2012 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Dunfermline managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Kilmarnock and St Mirren, and these teams turned the game around 3 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Hibernian and Dunfermline 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 2011/2012 season.
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