Pre-season, as we are so often told, is for “touch,” “sharpness,” “minutes in the legs,” and – my new personal favourite from Rodgers – “Getting our pitch geography back.” It’s also the stage of the footballing calendar when we get to see academy or “B” team players for more than 7 minutes at a time.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Hearts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | St Mirren | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Livingston | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Falkirk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Dundee | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
