Title win gives McLeish biggest "spine-tingle" of his life

Hibernian 0 Rangers 1

Mon, 23 May, 2005 - 01:00

McLeish was all but resigned to his side finishing runners-up to Celtic despite a 1-0 win at Hibernian, courtesy of a deflected Nacho Novo goal.

With Hibernian happy to let the score stay the same as the minutes ticked away, the Gers required news of Motherwell cancelling out Chris Sutton's first half opener for Celtic.

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