Celtic completed the signing of Joseph Baillie in December 1945. Joining from local junior club St Roch’s, he was a 16-year-old, who would have to wait until well after his 17th birthday to be handed his debut. That moment arrived on 14 September 1946 in a 3-1 league defeat at Queen of the South. It was the defender’s first of over
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Celtic | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Rangers | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Falkirk | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 21 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Dundee | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -16 | 13 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 12 |
| 12 | Livingston | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 9 |
