A manager makes the worst possible start and seems in freefall. His team, at one stage, is rooted to the bottom of the league. He looks beaten, and they look bereft of ideas. But his board of directors doesn’t react to the mood music in the stands or the media calls for a head to
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 106 | 24 | 82 | 88 |
| 2 | Rangers | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 75 | 38 | 37 | 71 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 56 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 54 | -8 | 53 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 50 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 56 | -6 | 48 |
| 7 | Hearts | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 62 | -20 | 45 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 60 | -15 | 44 |
| 10 | Dundee | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 76 | -22 | 37 |
| 11 | Ross County | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 63 | -28 | 35 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 64 | -27 | 32 |
