The term “decimate” comes from ancient Rome. Like so much else in our culture, it has its origins in the days of the Republic and the Empire. The word described a disciplinary practice within a legion. When a lesson needed to be taught so severely that punishment by the whip wouldn’t suffice, the commander would
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 37 | 40 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Rangers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Dundee | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 19 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Ross County | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 15 |
| 9 | St Johnstone | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 13 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 13 |
| 11 | Hibernian | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Hearts | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 10 |
