IT was a record which stood for a century. The achievements of the group who yesterday blew it out of the water may well last even longer.

At the venue of their last domestic defeat 18 months ago, this modern-day Celtic’s peerless run broke new ground on a quiet autumnal afternoon in Perth. Not the grandest of settings for such a landmark occasion, but for a team that has proven time and again the ability to find a way no matter what the obstacle or location, it did little to take the shine off a moment that will go down into British footballing folklore.

Willie Maley’s team of 1917 were the previous holders of the British record of games unbeaten, a tally standing at an extraordinary 62. On the domestic front, those under the charge of Brendan Rodgers surpassed them here to hit 63 with the Northern Irishman yet to sample defeat against a home team. This latest achievement came in a stroll at McDiarmid Park that ended in a 4-0 victory, with strikes from Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembele, Olivier Ntcham and a Steven Anderson own goal doing the damage.

On a day of poignant reflection yesterday, it was Celtic’s turn to make history. The proceedings started off with a minute’s silence ahead of Remembrance Sunday, a tribute that was perfectly observed by all of the 6800 inside the ground. By the time the game ended, fewer remained but their presence was fervently felt in the midst of buoyant scenes of revelry and unbridled celebration.

With the two side stands all but empty, Rodgers led his players from one end of the ground to the other as Celtic supporters burst out behind both goals. It was far from the blistering May sunshine in Glasgow which started this whole run off with a barnstorming 7-0 rout of Motherwell on the final day of the 2015/16 campaign as Ronny Deila bid farewell to Scottish football.

Since that afternoon, Celtic have been nothing but relentless among their own. There have been 56 victories across three competitions, 182 goals for and just 35 against, 36 clean sheets and a domestic treble.

Here yesterday, Celtic’s march towards that all-important 63rd game without a loss was never in doubt. While the visitors seemed shaky at the back, going forward they overloaded the final third with their hosts eventually capitulating. At the other end, not much was expected of a St Johnstone team that had just one point and no goals from their previous five games. Like Celtic’s, their run never appeared like coming to an end.

The writing was on the wall early on as Celtic piled forward. On seven minutes Dembele attempted to curl one from outside the area that Zander Clark dealt with, while a neat one-two between Sinclair and the Frenchman saw the former rush out to deny him as he burst beyond the St Johnstone defence.

He would not be denied though as he collected his 11th goal of the season and 30th of this run. It all came from a cute corner from Stuart Armstrong cutback to the edge of the area for Sinclair, and the former Aston Villa man swept a fierce shot high into the roof of the net.

Armstrong was then denied himself by Clark just a couple of minutes later, while Callum McGregor’s bent shot from the edge of the box swerved just wide of the far post. The best St Johnstone could respond with was a Blair Alston free-kick straight at Craig Gordon.

With little threat to the Celtic goal, the visitors continued to push in the second half for a goal to properly kick-start the party. James Forrest had a shot deflected over eight minutes after the restart, and from the resulting Armstrong corner Dedryck Boyata’s header was superbly headed off the line and on to the bar by Aaron Comrie.

Tommy Wright attempted to change things with the likes of Michael O’Halloran and Liam Craig, but it was always clear which end would be seeing the game's second goal and it arrived on 72 minutes. Dembele started the move near the half-way line with a gorgeous touch to spin Steven Anderson. The ball was eventually shuffled on to Kieran Tierney and then to Armstrong, with his cut-back being guided low beyond Clark by a Dembele deft flick as he burst into the box.

Three minutes later it was three. Dembele involved once again, the Frenchman went around the outside of Comrie to square a pass across the six-yard line. Unfortunately for Anderson, it struck him on the leg and trickled into his own net off the far post.

There was still time for one more, though as the cry of "we are invincibles" echoing around an emptying McDiarmid Park welcomed a fourth on 89 minutes. Substitute Ntcham was the man to get the 182nd goal of this run as he slammed a low shot under Clark as the travelling party heralded in another successful day out of this mesmeric run.

It’s a fair bet it won’t be their last.