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Saturday’s televised encounter with Inverness Caledonian Thistle will be another milestone for the club as we play our 200^th league game since gaining promotion to the SPFL.

During that time the side has won two titles, finished runners-up in League One, contested a playoff semi-final and final, and become the only side to be promoted through the pyramid to play Championship football.

It has been a memorable six years packed with plenty achievements for the team and many of the individuals who have made a massive contribution to our success.

OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD SEASON BY SEASON…

	P	W	D	L	F-A	POINTS	PLACING
2019-20	28	22	2	4	76-34	68	1
2020-21	22	10	6	6	28-18	36	3
2021-22	36	23	10	3	73-32	79	1
2022-23	36	7	10	19	38-75	31	10
2023-24	36	14	7	15	58-63	49	5
2024-25	36	16	9	11	62-44	57	2
2025-26	5	0	2	3	4-9	2
TOTALS	199	92	46	61	339-275	322

Paul Hartley has been in charge for 180 of the matches so far played – Jim McIntyre took over for the first half of the 2022-23 campaign – and has an impressive winning record. Under Paul’s leadership the team have won 48% of their games, losing just 29% of them, and he has claimed two league trophies.

Only five players have amassed ever-present league appearance records: Stuart McKenzie (2019-20 and 20-21), Blair Yule (2020-21), Connor Scully (2023-24) and both Mikey Doyle and Ryan Harrington (2024-25).

Connor has made the most appearances overall, missing just fourteen. Of his 185 games, he was called from the bench on just seven occasions.

Unsurprisingly, Mitch Megginson dominates the scoring charts, contributing 86 of the 339 goals we have netted to date, more than a quarter of the total. He is one of only four players to claim a league hat-trick during that time with Rory McAllister, Rumarn Burrell and David Eguaibor the other members of that elite group.

Our longest unbeaten run during our time in the SPFL was a remarkable twenty-seven games between October 2021 and early August 2022, and we set a record of nine straight league wins in the three months between November ’21 and January ’22, keeping a clean sheet in eight of those.

Look out for more detailed features throughout the week as we celebrate SPFL200.

Paul Hartley’s reflections on our latest milestone can be viewed at the Cove Rangers YouTube channel.

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