The Engine Room: the Scottish Premiership presses forward in a pivotal SPFL game-week

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When Andy Considine left Aberdeen at the end of the 2021/22 season, he was clearly emotional. It was the end of a 23-year association with the club, which began in their youth setup and saw him reach four cup finals, winning the 2014 League Cup.The Scotland international has continued to play in Scotland’s top tier, and on Sunday afternoon he chalked up his 600th professional football appearance when he started for St Johnstone against Celtic at McDiarmid Park.After their match against the league leaders, St Johnstone’s official account tweeted: “Congratulations to Andy Considine on making his 600th career appearance this afternoon!’.While it received positive responses from fans of Saints and his former club, there were some Celtic supporters who found the tweet amusing.Of all the 600 matches he’s played, there are few the 35-year-old will remember less fondly than the one in which he scored an own goal and was sent off during injury time.Move over David Beckham v Wimbledon.

Step aside Kemar Roofe v Standard Liege. Sit down your mate with that goal on FIFA 13 that they’ve never let you forget.On Saturday, Scottish football witnessed one of the greatest goals from inside a player’s own half ever scored.

From almost 60 yards, Stephen Humphrys lobbed Dundee United keeper Mark Birighitti and sealed Hearts’ 3-1 win at Tynecastle.Asked if he meant it, the on-loan Wigan forward replied: “Of course I did”.In 2013’s Springsteen and I documentary, a husband talks about travelling with his wife to watch her hero Bruce Springsteen. “I’ve seen some beautiful cities”, he recalls, “but then I’ve always had this little bit where I’ve had to go to a concert, which tends to spoil it for me”.That’s a feeling Kilmarnock’s travelling