There’s nothing like hard numbers to collapse an entire tissue of lies. And one of the most pervasive lies in Scottish football over the last few years is that Celtic are just too financially strong, that the Ibrox club has been outgunned, and that they simply haven’t had the money to keep up with us.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 26 | 86 | 92 |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 80 | 41 | 39 | 75 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 62 | 50 | 12 | 58 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 54 | -9 | 53 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 53 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 59 | -6 | 50 |
| 7 | Hearts | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 52 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 63 | -17 | 49 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 64 | -19 | 44 |
| 10 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 77 | -20 | 41 |
| 11 | Ross County | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 65 | -28 | 37 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 38 | 68 | -30 | 32 |
