| P | GD | Pts | ||
 | Celtic (C) | 33 | 52 | 81 |
 | Rangers | 33 | 40 | 63 |
 | Motherwell | 33 | 5 | 55 |
 | St.Johnstone | 33 | 6 | 50 |
| Dundee Utd | 33 | 12 | 49 | |
 | Hearts | 33 | 9 | 48 |
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In a chaotic 24 hours for Rangers, Ally McCoist brought his squad to Perth buoyant with the news that this season's turmoil could finally be at an end, with a consortium seemingly a short step away from assuming control of the Ibrox club.In contrast St Johnstone manager Steve Lomas was looking to turn round a post split run of results
St.Johnstone striker Francisco Sandaza has been banned from driving after he admitted being more than twice over the legal limit
With a 13 year winless streak against their Tayside rivals and memories of a 5-1 drubbing fresh in the minds, St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas faced an uphill task before a late injury to Chris Millar forced him into making another change to a midfield already missing Captain Jody Morris, Liam Craig and influential loanee Liam Croft. Dundee Utd manager
With revenge on their minds Terry Butcher's men set about St Johnstone from kick off and never let their hosts of the back foot in an early spell of pressure that clearly rattled the Perth men and seemed to set the tone of the first half. That early pressure almost paid dividends when on ten minutes Johnny Hayes left Craig
St. Johnstone boss Steve Lomas admitted that it was grit and endeavour that got them through this game in their push for fourth in the Spl while Paolo Sergio was left cursing the officials as his patched up side fail at McDiarmid Park. Cillian Sheridan came back into the starting line up for St.Johnstone after serving a one match suspension,
With the previous nine meetings in Perth this century not heralding a St.Johnstone win and the only home goal being score by A MacManus in the previous decade, St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas brings in on loan Lee Croft to try and provide the guile and delivery to supply the miss firing SaS at the expense of Chris Millar.Dunfermline made
With St Johnstone full back Dave Mackay forced to serve out his first career suspension due to the red card picked up at Tynecastle Manager Lomas could have done without losing the experience of full back Callum Davidson to a niggling strain, this added to the suspect goalkeeping of first choice keeper Enckelman means massive changes to the Perth rear-guard
With St.Johnstone not tasting victory in the league against their Tayside rivals since 2000, manager Steve Lomas makes two changes from the team which battled to gain a draw at Tynecastle, Chris Millar and Cillian Sheridan coming in for the injured Murray Davidson and David Robertson
With financial difficulties curtailing inbound movement in the transfer window Hearts Manager Paolo Sergio had little scope for change coming into this fixture, so it was a surprise to see Jamie MacDonald lining up in goal after regular stopper Marian Kello had been sanction by club owner Vladimir Romanov for apparently rejecting a move to Austria Vienna. Steve Lomas on
Last week the newspapers were filled with reports that St.Johnstone striker Francisco Sandaza had been offered a pre-contract agreement by Rangers, and subsequently he had rejected the offer
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