The more I look at Scottish football, the more one contradiction keeps staring back at me. The entire system depends on Celtic. Financially. Commercially. Globally. And yet there’s always tension. Always resistance. Always that underlying irritation at what Celtic represent. This isn’t about playing the victim. It’s about recognising a reality that becomes obvious the
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 63 |
| 2 | Celtic | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 32 | 24 | 61 |
| 3 | Rangers | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 60 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 53 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 43 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 34 |
| 8 | Dundee | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 32 |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 30 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 24 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 60 | -27 | 24 |
| 12 | Livingston | 30 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 59 | -28 | 15 |
