MARTIN O’NEILL celebrates his 73rd birthday today in the midst of a cavalcade of good wishes from a grateful Celtic support. The maverick Irishman was brought in during the summer of 2000 after the so-called ‘dream team’ of Kenny Dalglish and John Barnes had failed to turn around the ailing fortunes of the Parkhead club.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 82 | 15 | 67 | 72 |
| 2 | Rangers | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 24 | 34 | 59 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 41 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 40 |
| 6 | Hearts | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 42 | -9 | 34 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 34 |
| 9 | Ross County | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 49 | -19 | 32 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 46 | -13 | 31 |
| 11 | Dundee | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 60 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 31 | 53 | -22 | 24 |
