| 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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The 2011 Copa America didn’t really work out as planned for Argentina. With the world’s best player, home advantage and an 18-year trophy drought to break, a quarter-final exit wasn’t on the agenda. And as the hosts continue to lick their wounds, their borders will be engulfed this weekend as neighbours Paraguay and Uruguay head to Buenos Aires for Sunday’s
Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela. It is not the semi-final line-up that the organisers, sponsors or many onlookers would have envisaged. The hosts, Argentina, have gone. So too the sights and sounds of Brazilian flair. Even Chile, the neutral’s favourite for their kamikaze style of attacking play, have been eliminated. But, one endearing quality of the 2011 Copa America remains,
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It was said this week that if everyone in Argentina had put their views on the national football team to paper the Amazon would no longer be standing. It is probably just as well for the eco-system that the ferocious conversation in the nation’s cafes rattle along at a speed no author could match. In a country where the salt
Little over a year ago with only two group games still to be played at the 2010 World Cup, the pre-tournament favourites sat on the brink of elimination. Needing to win, Spain were understandably edgy that their World Cup dreams could blow up in their face in the most embarrassing fashion. Their nerves though stemmed not only from their perilous
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