Stéphane Henchoz who is from Switzerland started and finished his football club playing career in England at Blackburn Rovers. In June 1997, he turned down an opportunity to join Manchester United, instead signing for Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £3 million which he stayed until the end of the 1998/1999 season when Rovers were relegated.
Henchoz remained a EPL player after being purchased for £3.5 million by Liverpool where he had his best spell in England. He rejoined Blackburn Rovers in 2006 after spells with Celtic FC and Wigan Athletic where he was released by Mark Hughes in May 19 2008 and he retired from active football in October 13, 2008.
Kris Boyd who played for KilmanockFC from 2001 - 2006 and Glasgow's Rangers FC from 2006 - 2010 has scored the most goals in the Scottish Premier League (SPL), with 164 goals.
He broke the previous record of 158, set by Henrik Larsson (who played only for Celtic FC from July 1997 - June 2004), by scoring 5 goals for RangersFC in a 7–1 win against Dundee United on December 30, 2009. Boyd and Larsson are the only players to have scored more than 100 goals in the SPL, which started in the inaugural 1998/1999 season.
On November 6, 2010, Celtic FC set a Scottish Premier League record for the biggest win in SPL history by defeating AberdeenFC 9-0 at the 46,446 capacity filled Celtic Park in Parkhead.
Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper scored an hat-trick each, Josh Magennis scored an own-goal while Joe Ledley and Paddy McCourt completed the routing of Neil Lennon's men.
