CELTIC legend Tommy Burns took centre stage when Billy McNeill’s team clinched the league title in a rousing 3-2 triumph over Dundee United at Tannadice on April 22 1981. The Parkhead outfit were on the brink of the club’s 32nd championship as they travelled to Tayside for what turned out to be an epic encounter
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 43 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Rangers | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 21 |
| 7 | Dundee | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 17 |
| 9 | Hibernian | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Ross County | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 33 | -20 | 15 |
| 11 | St Johnstone | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 14 |
| 12 | Hearts | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 13 |
