Big goalie has Hamish and Cammy records in sight

December 10

Ayr United 0 Dundee United 1

United emerged winners thanks to the only goal of the game. That came early through Tope Obadeyi and it took another solid defensive performance to secure the three points to stay on leaders Hibs’ heels.

December 17, 2016 Raith 0 Dundee United 0

The 10-man Tangerines – Lewis Toshney was sent off after the break – battled terrifically but it could have been so much better had Kevin Cuthbert not saved Tony Andreu’s late penalty.

December 24, 2016 Dundee United 2 St Mirren 1

Bell’s run was ended at home to St Mirren on Christmas Eve where, although United won 2-1 thanks to goals from Scott Fraser and Simon Murray, John Sutton struck for the Buddies after 27 minutes.

The game prior to Bell’s run starting saw United win 4-1 against Queen of the South at Palmerston on November 5.

Although the Doonhamers scored on the stroke of half-time Bell failed to appear for the second 45 after picking up and injury.

He was replaced between the sticks by Zwick.

Hamish McAlpine’s run of 615 minutes without losing a goal in September 1977 included two League Cup ties against Partick Thistle and a Uefa Cup clash against KB Copenhagen.

However, in 1985, Hamish, who has more clean sheets than any other United goalie, went 545 minutes without losing a league goal.

His run started on January 5, 1985, when Jim Rooney scored in the 86th minute at Love street in a 1-0 win for St Mirren over the Terrors.

What followed were six clean sheets in the games against Hibs (2/2 h) 2-0, Rangers (9/2 a) 0-0, Dumbarton (23/2 h) 4-0, Celtic (2/3 h) 0-0, Morton (13/3 a) 3-0, Hearts (16/3 a) 1-0.

The run came to an end when David Winnie scored in the first minute for St Mirren at Tannadice on March 23. United went on to win the game 3-1.

Currently, Siegrist has kept the ball out of his net for a total of 463 minutes, having recorded five clean sheets in a row since losing the fourth goal to Queen of the South’s Michael Paton after 77 minutes at Palmerston back on October 19.