RECORD BREAKERS

Celtic ended Brendan Rodgers’ first Ladbrokes Premiership season as manager with a host of Scottish league records. Celtic set a record points total for the Scottish league. Their 2-0 win over Hearts ensured they finished on 106 points, beating the previous mark of 103, set by Martin O’neill’s Celtic side in 2002. The Hoops secured a record number of victories in a Scottish league season thanks to their win against Hearts, which took them past the 33-victory total that they achieved in 2001-02. Rangers also won 33 games in both 1991-92 and 1992-93 but had 44 games to do so rather than the 38 of Celtic. Celtic matched their points tally with their haul of goals. Stuart Armstrong’s late effort against Hearts took them past the 105 goals scored by O’neill’s side in 2003-04, which was the previous best in the Premier era. Celtic’s famous Lisbon Lions team scored 111 in 1966-67. Rodgers’ side set a new, unbeaten run of games without defeat in a single season. The previous best had been a 32-match unbeaten run, set by O’neill’s Celtic side in the 2003-04 campaign. It was the first unbeaten season in the Scottish top flight since 1899, when Rangers matched Celtic’s achievement of the previous year. The Parkhead side secured the biggest margin of points in Scottish football. Celtic won the league by 30 points from Aberdeen, who secured their own highestever tally of 76. It beat the 29-point margin Celtic managed in 2013-14 when Neil Lennon’s side finished clear of Motherwell. But it was one short of regaining the European record, which Paris St Germain set last season.