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The SPFL will determine post-split fixtures along established guidelines.  Celtic will face Newco on either match day 34 or 35, to avoid the possibility of a league decider between the teams.  With Hearts likely to lead the table going into the break, the usual metric changes.

The loser of the Celtic-Newco game could face Hearts when already out of contention for the top two slots.  If Celtic were out of contention, would we expect them to take on Hearts on the final day of the season at full strength?  Even without the prospect of denying Newco the title, Celtic would be a busted flush.  The same is true for Newco.  If they were out of the race, do you think there is a remote chance they would turn up at Tynecastle and collect the points that would deliver the title to Celtic?

Newco fans are likely to be as animated on this subject as we are.  They will remember a lacklustre Celtic defeat at home to Aberdeen, when the visitors needed a win to confirm finishing above Newco in 2018.  Some of us will remember the final game of the season in 1982, when if Celtic drew and Aberdeen beat Rangers by five goals, the title would go to the north east.  The Dons were 4-0 at the break, before news filtered through that Celtic had hit the goal trail.

These examples may be innocent results, but the SPFL must do itself a favour and take suspicion out of the equation.  Hearts, Celtic and Newco must play each other in the first two rounds of games. The SPFL cannot contrive a competitive advantage for one of the title contenders.

Hearts, Celtic, Newco, Motherwell, Hibs and Falkirk will make the top six.  This gives the League another headache, as all six cannot have 19 home and 19 away games.  The only fair solution is to give Hibs and Falkirk 20 home games.  This will mean an uneven number of home and away fixtures with Falkirk and Hibs for some clubs.

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See the table below showing what games home/away the clubs are due to get and who they will play at each venue.  Teams in yellow are playing their third game of the season at that venue.  Hibs will have four home games post-split.

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  4. lionroars67 on

    SIONNAIGH on 8TH MARCH 2026 8:16 AM

     

     

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  16. Maestro on

    The song is actually called The Best and it is a woman describing how good her lover was.

     

     

    I leave rest.

     

     

     

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  19. Hot Smoked on

    Feels pretty much like a 50/50 game for me today.

     

    HOWEVER (!),if we hit form, I feel we will win reasonably comfortably no matter how they play,

  20. lets all do the huddle on

    green brigade bringing loads of boxes of stuff out of a couple of vans in a side street round from the ground.

     

     

    wonder what they have planned?

  21. lets all do the huddle on

    2 cops standing on the grass eyeing them. im guessing they are going to call in other cops

  22. dessybhoy on

    This game is 50/50 not because they are good they aren’t we are being held together by Callum McGregor Martin O’Neill and his staff, that is on this Board they should be ashamed of themselves.

  23. lets all do the huddle on

    they also have a few huge poles with what i guess are banners wrapped round them.

     

     

    a lot of thought and cash have went into whatever it is

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  27. Hot Smoked on

    ” dessybhoy on 8th March 2026 10:55 am

     

    This game is 50/50 not because they are good they aren’t ”

     

     

    When you say `they aren`t `, with whom are you comparing them?

     

     

    Certainly, in the League in which they play, they ARE good.

  28. dessybhoy on

    They are a very average physical team which in this league makes it much of a muchness, the class in our team that made the difference is largely absent or sold so that’s why it is 50/50.

  29. Hot Smoked on

    dessybhoy on 8th March 2026 11:06 am

     

    The stats, at the moment, don`t make it ` much of a muchness, `.

     

    Anyway, it`s a cheerio for now from me,

     

    Cheerio.

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  31. Maestro on

    Premier Sports the league cup semi win on just now a very good watch extra time coming up.

  35. Maolmuire O Muirgheasa on

    Sevco are shite, an we are in the mud wrestling with them because of an incompetent board, when we should have our boot on their throats.

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  39. bognorbhoy on

    Celtic: Sinisalo, Araujo, Scales, Trusty, Arthur, Nygren, McCowan, Tounekti, Yang, Hatate, Maeda.

     

     

    Subs: Doohan, Donovan, Murray, Saracchi, Bernardo, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mvuka, Cvancara, Forrest

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  43. bognorbhoy on

    Certainly looks like we are going for a quick start…

     

    Needs must I suppose , looks like an open game …

     

    But who knows , who can tell…

     

    Mon the hoops

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