Last night’s 4–1 defeat at home to Stuttgart was bad enough for Celtic fans to witness. We were second best from the first whistle. We were slower, weaker, less organised and, frankly, miles off the level required. But what really grated afterwards were Martin O’Neill’s comments about the tennis-ball protest. He suggested that those responsible
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 57 |
| 2 | Rangers | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 26 | 55 |
| 3 | Celtic | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 22 | 54 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 47 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 42 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 35 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 42 | -9 | 28 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 28 |
| 9 | Dundee | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 40 | -19 | 24 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 37 | -16 | 23 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 54 | -24 | 20 |
| 12 | Livingston | 27 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 56 | -28 | 12 |
