Pat Crerand emerged in the late 1950s as a superb right half with marvellous passing skills, and the clear ability to “take a grip” of a game and turn it round. His best season for Celtic was 1961/62 He steadily improved throughout the 1960/61 season, and in the 1961 Scottish Cup final replay, he did
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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 |
