Jim,

7 straight defeats - is this our worst run ever in competitive matches? If not..what is...and when?

Surely the Jimmy Bone debacle in the First Division in 96-97 is much, much worse than 7 defeats in a row??

Grim is correct. The record run of consecutive defeats is actually SIXTEEN!
After we beat Falkirk 3-1 at Bayview on 5th October 1996 without a manager, Jimmy Bone took charge for our next match against Partick Thistle at Firhill, which was lost 6-0. League defeats then followed against St Mirren (1-4), Airdrieonians (0-4), St Johnstone (0-3), Stirling Albion (1-2), Falkirk (1-2), Dundee (1-2), Morton (0-3), Dundee (0-7), Clydebank (0-2), St Mirren (0-3), Dundee (0-6), Stirling Albion (1-3), Partick Thistle (1-3), Morton (0-2), Falkirk (0-2), before finally managing to break the sequence with a 3-1 Scottish Cup win against Queen's Park at Hampden on 25th January 1997.
It was to be 10th May, however, before we managed another win in the league, when Clydebank were beaten 4-0 at Boghead. We actually went 28 consecutive league matches without a win!

Jim could you email me
cheers kenny

Jim
Was the Dundee game not 1-7. I seem to remember Stefan Winiarski scoring a late consolation, and then celebrating as if he had scored the winner in a cup final.

My mistake, Ritchie.
I can actually remember Winiarski's goal - a cracker of a long range effort!
BTW that is our record home defeat - and it's happened twice. Montrose beat us 7-1 at Bayview in February 1976.

Jim, is this run of results our worst in the bottom/lowest division? And what is the fewest number of draws we have had in a season? Only two this year, so far.

Hmmm ...
Doug - if I get a spare couple of hours at the weekend I'll look back my records.

Jim

See the game we won against Falkirk, am I right in thinking that was the one where Falkirk had Chris Waddle playing for them.

Remmeber that as Chris Waddle was one of my favourite players that up til then I had only seen on the telly

Yes it was, Stewart. I took a photo of him with a 35mm disposable camera about to take a corner. It's on page 215 of my book.

There you go, a Selkirk Fifer, and I thought I had been the only one when I lived there late 80's early 90's. I still have a flat I rent out in Selkirk

Jim, this may save you a search, as regards draws the lowest for a season is 3 - this happened in 26/7 , 34/5 , 39/0 , 42/3, 47/8 , 48/9 , 51/2 , 57/8 ,

Worst run in lowest league - I'll go for season 59/0 when we failed to win any of the final 15 games of the season going from January 16th to April 23rd with 2 draws and 13 defeats, if you add the first 4 games of season 60/1 that's 19 games with only 3 draws. Eventually winning again on Sept 3rd.

Happy days indeed, what do they say about stats ?

Name two other World Cup semi-finalists to play at Bayview?

Beckham and ScholeS??

Bobby Charlton, Gordon Banks

Sir Alf! I salute you...

Did Gordon Banks not play a half for us

Thanks Rossco (and Jim for your offer).
See - things can always be much worse!