Many happy returns for Celts at Rugby Park

It just had to be Rugby Park. The scene of last season’s despair became the venue for an early championship party as Celtic wrapped up the Bank of Scotland Premier League with six games remaining.

They exorcised the demons of last season when Martin O’Neill’s men returned wearily from Spain, having lost the UEFA Cup final in extra time to Porto, to try to retain their crown in the final 90 minutes of the campaign.