HENRIK LARSSON and Wim Jansen answered Celtic’s SOS as season 1997/98 loomed into view. The Hoops had been lost in a title wilderness and Rangers were fixing their sights on their tenth successive championship. Jansen took over as boss after fans’ favourite Tommy Burns had been ruthlessly sacked and, thankfully, the Dutchman was aware of
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 14 | 63 | 69 |
| 2 | Rangers | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 32 | 56 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 41 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 40 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 34 |
| 7 | Ross County | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 48 | -18 | 32 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 42 | -11 | 31 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 46 | -16 | 31 |
| 10 | Hearts | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 36 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Dundee | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 58 | -19 | 27 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 51 | -22 | 21 |
