It was on board ship en route to the tour of the USA in 1957 that Bertie Peacock was called into a cabin to be told that he was being appointed captain of Celtic. Those who noticed or bothered about such things told us that he was the first Northern Ireland Protestant to be appointed
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 26 | 86 | 92 |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 80 | 41 | 39 | 75 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 62 | 50 | 12 | 58 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 53 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 53 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 59 | -6 | 50 |
| 7 | Hearts | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 52 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 63 | -17 | 49 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 64 | -19 | 44 |
| 10 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 77 | -20 | 41 |
| 11 | Ross County | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 37 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 38 | 68 | -30 | 32 |
