After that painful defeat to St Mirren, which cost Celtic the chance to win the Premier Sports Cup, the team returned to face Dundee United. The days leading up to this game were filled with frustration, disappointment, anger, tears and grief, capped by furious Celtic fans staging a further protest outside the doors of Celtic
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Rangers | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 47 |
| 3 | Celtic | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 43 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Dundee | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 23 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 20 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 43 | -20 | 17 |
| 12 | Livingston | 24 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 50 | -26 | 11 |
