. One that worked out for all involved. As Celtic prepare to take on Newcastle United in a pre-season friendly at Celtic Park today, the man sitting in the away dug out could so easily have occupied the home one had fate not intervened. Eddie Howe was hotly tipped
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Celtic | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rangers | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Dundee | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 11 |
| 11 | St Mirren | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 10 |
| 12 | Livingston | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 8 |
