Previous title deciders

On the day that Rangers clinched the SPL title for the third time in a row and the seventh overall, we look back at when and where the previous 12 championships were decided:

1998/99 – Rangers (Dick Advocaat) – May 2
Neil McCann’s double and a Jorg Albertz penalty saw Rangers beat Celtic 3-0 at Parkhead to win the first ever SPL title with three games to spare.

1999/00 – Rangers (Dick Advocaat) – April 22
Celtic’s 1-1 draw against Hibernian handed the prize to Rangers, who still had six games to play.

2000/01 – Celtic (Martin O’Neill) – April 7
Tommy Johnson scored the only goal against St Mirren at Parkhead as Martin O’Neill won the trophy in his first season in Celtic’s final match before the split.

2001/02 – Celtic (Martin O’Neill) – April 6
Henrik Larsson grabbed a hat-trick and John Hartson scored twice in Celtic’s 5-1 home win over Livingston as they retained the title in their first post-split fixture.

2002/03 – Rangers (Alex McLeish) – May 25
Incredible stuff on the final day as Rangers finished top on goal difference by beating Dunfermline 6-1 at Ibrox as Celtic’s 4-0 win at Kilmarnock wasn’t quite enough.

2003/04 – Celtic (Martin O’Neill) – April 18
Stilian Petrov’s goal ended the title race at Rugby Park with six games to go – at which point Celtic’s record was 29 wins and three draws from 32 matches.

2004/05 – Rangers (Alex McLeish) – May 22
Helicopter Sunday. Rangers lifted the silverware with a 1-0 win over Hibernian at Easter Road in the most dramatic of circumstances as Celtic conceded two late goals at Fir Park.

2005/06 – Celtic (Gordon Strachan) – April 5
John Hartson’s early goal wrapped up the championship before the split as Celtic beat second-placed Hearts 1-0 at Parkhead.

2006/07 – Celtic (Gordon Strachan) – April 22
Shunsuke Nakamura scored a late winner from a free-kick as Celtic beat Kilmarnock 2-1 at Rugby Park to take the title with four games to spare.

2007/08 – Celtic (Gordon Strachan) – May 22
The Old Firm went into the last night level on points but Celtic prevailed thanks to a Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink header at Tannadice as Rangers lost 2-0 at Aberdeen.

2008/09 – Rangers (Walter Smith) – May 24
Rangers knew a win at Dundee United would be enough regardless of Celtic’s result at home to Hearts and they delivered with a 3-0 victory as Gordon Strachan’s men were held 0-0.

2009/10 - Rangers (Walter Smith) - April 25
A Kyle Lafferty goal was enough to give Rangers a 1-0 win over Hibernian at Easter Road as they retained the title in their fourth-last game of the season, eventually finishing six points clear.