First Team
Saints close in on another record
14th November 2018
Following last weekend's 4-0 victory over Hamilton, Tommy Wright and his players officially broke the club's existing top flight clean sheet record as Zander Clark recorded his 5th consecutive shutout in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
Zander will be hoping to extend that run against Kilmarnock a week on Saturday when Saints return to league action after the international break but there will also be a chance for the players and manager to break yet another club record.
Tommy Wright is one of only three managers to manage five consecutive top flight victories, alongside his predecessor Steve Lomas and one of the club's most renowned managers Willie Ormond.
In fact, Tommy and Willie Ormond have both achieved the feat twice. Victories over Ross County, St. Mirren, Kilmarnock, Inverness and Dundee United between November 22nd - December 27th 2014 gave Tommy his first five-in-a-row before a defeat against Aberdeen on New Year's Day 2015.
Last weekend's win over Hamilton helped the manager to match that run but he'll be hoping to go one better when Kilmarnock visit Perth.
Willie Ormond achieved the feat in 1969 and then again in 1971 in the old Division One.
The only other time the club has been on a five game winning streak in the top flight of Scottish football was back in 2012 under Steve Lomas.
The run kicked off with a stunning 2-1 victory against Celtic before wins against Ross County, Dundee, St. Mirren and Kilmarnock.
WILLIE ORMOND (1969)(Old Division One)
Wednesday 5th March 1969 - St. Mirren (W) 2-1
Saturday 8th March 1969 - Airdrie (W) 3-1
Saturday 15th March 1969 - Hearts (W) 2-1
Saturday 22nd March 1969 - Raith Rovers (W) 5-1
Saturday 29th March 1969 - Arbroath (W) 2-1
RUN ENDS: Tuesday 1st April 1969 - Celtic (L) 2-3
WILLIE ORMOND (1971)(Old Division One)
Saturday 30th January 1971 - Ayr Utd (W) 3-1
Saturday 6th February 1971 - Celtic (W) 3-2
Saturday 13th February 1971 - Falkirk (W) 1-0
Saturday 20th February 1971 - St. Mirren (W) 1-0
Saturday 27th February 1971 - Dundee (W) 1-0
RUN ENDS: Saturday 6th March 1971 - Cowdenbeath (L) 0-1
STEVE LOMAS (2012)(Scottish Premier League)
Saturday 15th September 2012 - Celtic (W) 2-1
Saturday 22nd September 2012 - Ross County (W) 2-1
Saturday 29th September 2012 - Dundee (W) 3-1
Saturday 6th October 2012 - St. Mirren (W) 2-1
Saturday 20th October 2012 - Kilmarnock (W) 2-1
RUN ENDS: Saturday 27th October 2012 - Inverness (D) 1-1
TOMMY WRIGHT (2014)(Scottish Premiership)
Saturday 22nd November 2014 - Ross County (W) 2-1
Saturday 6th December 2014 - St. Mirren (W) 1-0
Saturday 13th December 2014 - Kilmarnock (W) 1-0
Saturday 20th December 2014 - Inverness (W) 1-0
Saturday 27th December 2014 - Dundee United (W) 2-1
RUN ENDS: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Aberdeen (L) 0-2
TOMMY WRIGHT (2018)(Scottish Premiership)
Saturday 20th October 2018 - Motherwell (W) 1-0
Saturday 27th October 2018 - St. Mirren (W) 2-0
Wednesday 31st October 2018 - Livingston (W) 1-0
Saturday 3rd November 2018 - Hibernian (W) 1-0
Saturday 10th November 2018 - Hamilton (W) 4-0
The run continues...
Be there on Saturday 24th November as Saints look to make history with a sixth consecutive top flight victory.
Kick-off is 3PM at McDiarmid Park and with Saints just one point behind Killie and three points off the top of the table it's one of the biggest games of the season so far!