Two Scottish sportswriters were left genuinely baffled by the referee’s explanation for why Celtic were denied a penalty at a pivotal moment against Hibernian. With the game finely poised at 1–1 and Celtic already down to ten men, the flashpoint came inside the Hibs penalty area. As a delivery was swung into the box, Liam
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 60 |
| 2 | Rangers | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 56 |
| 3 | Celtic | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 28 | 21 | 54 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 27 | 50 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 39 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 43 | -9 | 29 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 28 |
| 9 | Dundee | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 42 | -18 | 27 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 42 | -21 | 23 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 55 | -24 | 21 |
| 12 | Livingston | 28 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 13 |
