ECHOES OF Red-letter year for gaffer Del

MATCHDAY nine in the Premiership and Derek McInnes’ Hearts have a five-point lead over Celtic.

- BY FRASER WILSON

This was also the case for McInnes a decade ago as his Aberdeen side were flying after winning their first eight games.

Ironically, the last of those came at Tynecastle as a 3-1 win in Gorgie moved the Dons five points clear of Celtic, whom they had beaten 2-1 at Pittodrie the previous week.

It was a run of games that drove belief in a Reds title challenge.