Captain Stephen McManus and top scorer Scott McDonald netted as Celtic beat Hibernian to stretch their lead over Rangers at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League to four points.
The sand dunes
at Gullane are now but a sepia-tinted memory. Ice baths, compression garments and truckloads of pasta are on
the menu as Rangers seek to conserve their energy for the last leg of a marathon season.
Dundee Uniteed's Willo Flood was ready to bill Rangers for his summer holiday if the Ibrox side had succeeded in their bid to have the Clydesdale Bank Premier League season extended again.
Amid the euphoric scenes which greeted the Scottish Saltires' heart-stopping victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford on Monday, it was easy to forget that the bowlers had stepped up to the mark, where the batsmen had previously failed.
Sir Alex Ferguson admits to a "magnificent obsession for the Dons" during his time at Aberdeen and remembers, as one of the highlights of his life, the night of May 11, 1983.
Mixu Paatelainen, the Hibernian manager, has dismissed Mark McGhee's claim that Motherwell deserve to finish third - insisting whoever claims the spot will do so on merit.