BILLY McNEILL’S mantra in his debut season as Celtic manager was simple and straightforward. The Lisbon Lion, who had taken over from legendary boss Jock Stein in the summer of 1978, had led the team to a title-challenging poisition, but never varied from is his views as the games ticked down. McNeill repeatedly maintained: “I
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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 |
