Dixie going nowhere fast. Then Jock Stein paid Motherwell £17,500 for John Deans… John Deans’ career was going nowhere fast in autumn 1971. He was playing for Motherwell, or rather he wasn’t, for he was in the middle of a six week suspension when Jock Stein surprised the world by offering £17,500 for him. This
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 33 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 97 | 22 | 75 | 81 |
| 2 | Rangers | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 33 | 66 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 53 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 50 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 50 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 41 |
| 7 | Hearts | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 44 | -1 | 40 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 56 | -19 | 39 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 58 | -20 | 35 |
| 10 | Ross County | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 56 | -23 | 35 |
| 11 | Dundee | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 71 | -21 | 34 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 58 | -25 | 29 |
