LONGEST POST-WAR UNBEATEN DOMESTIC RUNS FROM START OF SEASON

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games. Celtic 1966-67 (16 league, 10 League Cup) Jock Stein’s side would go on to win an unprecedented clean sweep of honours, including the European Cup.

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Celtic 2016-17 (20 league, 4 League Cup) Brendan Rodgers’ present-day unbeatables haven’t even looked like losing to Scottish opponents as they have established a 19-point lead in the championship and lifted the League Cup.

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Hearts 1959-60 (14 league, 10 League Cup) The Tynecastle side, under Tommy-walker, pictured right, won a league and League Cup double, the first and only time they have won two major honours in a season.

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Rangers 1963-64 (13 league, 10 League Cup) Scot Symon’s Rangers completed a domestic treble, winning the league by six points from Kilmarnock and beating Morton and Dundee in the finals of the League and Scottish cups, respectively.

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2001-2 (18 league, 2 League Cup) Celtic romped to the title under Martin O’neill, below, losing just one league game all season and finishing on 103 points, 18 points ahead of second-placed Rangers. But they would lose in the League Cup sem-finals and the Scottish Cup final to the Ibrox side.

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Celtic 2000-1 (16 league, 2 League Cup) In O’neill’s first season in charge, Celtic won their third and most recent treble.

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Rangers 1961-62 (8 league, 10 League Cup) Rangers were pipped for the title by Dundee but did win both domestic knockout competitions, beating St Mirren 2-0 in the Scottish Cup final and defeating Hearts 3-1 in a replayed League Cup final.