MARTIN O’NEILL is preparing to launch Celtic into their six-game run-in to the league campaign’s crescendo with a home game at Parkhead tomorrow afternoon. It’s an identical situation to the one that faced the Irishman 21 years ago in his fifth and final season as Hoops boss. Back then, O’Neill, at 53, was getting Chris Sutton,
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 27 | 28 | 67 |
| 2 | Rangers | 32 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 60 | 28 | 32 | 66 |
| 3 | Celtic | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 35 | 23 | 64 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 25 | 54 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 51 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 46 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 37 |
| 8 | Dundee | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 51 | -19 | 32 |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 30 |
| 10 | St Mirren | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 47 | -20 | 30 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 63 | -28 | 27 |
| 12 | Livingston | 32 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 63 | -30 | 16 |
