Celtic began the defence of their Scottish Premiership title with a 3-0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park but not without some help and some controversy.

Celtic 4 St Johnstone 0

St Johnstone 1 Celtic 1

Celtic 1 St Johnstone 1

Neil Lennon hopes to continue his management career next season even if it is not at Celtic.

Rangers 3 Aberdeen 1

RANGERS’ commanding lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League was trimmed to eight points after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Motherwell while Celtic were 2-0 winners at home to Hearts.

Hibernian 2 Aberdeen 2

Aberdeen today confirmed they had received a bid from Middlesbrough for striker Lee Miller.

Darius Henderson scored the only goal of the game to help Watford remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 1-0 victory over Leicester at Vicarage Road.

Robbie Fowler is determined to play a major role in Cardiff’s Premiership promotion bid after agreeing a two-year deal with the Bluebirds.

ROBBIE FOWLER yesterday joined Cardiff and admitted sweet-talking chairman Peter Ridsdale persuaded him to drop down a division into the Coca-Coca Championship.

Sunderland’s miserable start in the Coca-Cola Championship continued as they crashed to a 3-2 defeat against Plymouth at the Stadium of Light today.

Sheffield United cut Reading’s lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship to nine points with a 2-1 derby win over rivals Sheffield Wednesday.

Sunderland moved up to fourth in Nationwide Division One tonight as they completed the double over struggling Gillingham with a 2-1 win at The Stadium of Light.

Bottom club Carlisle’s mission impossible to avoid the drop to the Nationwide Conference was boosted as they registered back-to-back wins with a 2-0 success over Oxford, who began the day in third place.

Rangers winger Nuno Capucho has failed to rise to expectations since his arrival at Ibrox – but he insists he is ready to prove the critics wrong.