Feature - biggest SPL wins

Rangers came within one goal of equalling the record SPL victory when they beat Dundee United 7-1 at Ibrox on Wednesday night. These are the biggest wins to date:

Dunfermline 1-8 Celtic - February 19, 2006
Dunfermline had shocked Gordon Strachan’s side a few months earlier but suffered in the return as Celtic became the first team to score eight goals in an SPL game. Polish striker Maciej Zurawski helped himself to four, with Stilian Petrov, John Hartson, Shaun Maloney and Neil Lennon also on target. Andy Tod had the Pars briefly level in the first half at East End Park.

St Johnstone 0-7 Rangers - November 8, 1998
Dick Advocaat’s men took the title in the first season of the SPL and were ruthless at McDiarmid Park. Saints played the last hour with 10 men after Paul Kane was ordered off but Rangers were already well in control. Rod Wallace and Jonatan Johansson started the rout while Jorg Albertz weighed in with a brace of penalties and World Cup winner Stephane Guivarc’h bagged a late double. Andrei Kanchelskis was the other scorer for the Light Blues in Perth.

Celtic 7-0 Aberdeen - October 16, 1999
Aberdeen endured a torrid time against Celtic in 1999/00, also losing 5-0, 5-1 and 6-0 in the league. With John Barnes in charge, the Hoops were in seventh heaven thanks to hat-tricks from Mark Viduka and Henrik Larsson after Eyal Berkovic had opened the floodgates.

Celtic 7-0 Aberdeen - November 3, 2002
Celtic again proved unstoppable although Aberdeen held out for 26 minutes until John Hartson beat goalkeeper David Preece. The Welshman went on to score four times on a day when Henrik Larsson, Bobo Balde and Shaun Maloney also profited for Martin O'Neill's men.

Hibernian 7-0 Livingston - February 8, 2006
Hibernian did most of the damage in the second half as they dismantled Livi in a midweek match in the capital. Chris Killen opened the scoring at Easter Road and Derek Riordan netted from the spot before Gary O’Connor scored soon after half-time. Riordan and a Dave Mackay own goal made it five before substitute Steven Fletcher struck twice late in the game.

Celtic 7-0 St Mirren - February 28, 2009
Celtic had only scored one goal in their previous three games but ended their drought in some style. Chris Smith spilled Shunsuke Nakamura's long-range effort for the opener in 16 minutes and Jack Ross was sent off for conceding a penalty, which was missed by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Nakamura added a second on 35 minutes and completed his hat-trick just before the hour. A Scott Brown double, a stunner from Marc Crosas and a John Potter own goal made it seven.