2002–03 Scottish Premier League

97th season of top-tier football league in Scotland April 2023 March 2026 Scottish Premier League 2002–03 3 August 2002 – 25 May 2003 Rangers 3rd Premier League title 50th Scottish title No relegation Champions League RangersCeltic UEFA Cup Heart of MidlothianDundee Henrik Larsson (28) Celtic 7–0 Aberdeen (3 November) Dunfermline 0–6 Rangers (1 September) 59,027 – Celtic v Rangers (6 October) 3,541 – Partick Thistle v Livingston (28 January) 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Scottish Premier League (known as the 2002–03 Bank of Scotland Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Scottish Premier League (SPL), the top level of football in Scotland. It began on 3 August 2002 and concluded on 25 May 2003.https://spfl.co.uk/premiership/archive/2002-2003 Scottish Premier League Archive 2001/2002 6 February 2018 Scottish Professional Football League 8 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004555/https://spfl.co.uk/premiership/archive/2002-2003 dead Celtic were the defending champions, but were beaten to the title by Rangers on the final day of the season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/2932016.stm Rangers win to clinch title 25 May 2003 7 February 2018 BBC Sport This was Rangers' 50th Scottish league title.https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/season-review-200203-2008-06-01/ Season Review 2002/03 7 February 2018 Scottish Professional Football League Both clubs went into the final matchday on the same number of points and with the same goal difference – Rangers were ahead in the table having scored more goals. On the final day, Rangers beat Dunfermline Athletic 6–1 at Ibrox Stadium while Celtic could only win 4–0 at Kilmarnock, meaning Rangers won the title by a goal difference of one more than Celtic. This was the closest finish in the history of the SPL. Changes from 2001–02 season Broadcasting rights Between 1998–99 and 2001–02, exclusive television rights for live Scottish Premier League matches were held by Sky Sports. In January 2002, the SPL rejected a £45 million offer from Sky Sports and began considering setting up its own pay-per-view channel, dubbed "SPL TV".https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-81816116/football-fans-get-a-tellyful-spl-set-to-launch-its Daily Record FANS GET A TELLYFUL; SPL set to launch its own TV station as Sky switch off 16 January 2002 2020-09-04 Questia subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20200904015012/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-81816116/football-fans-get-a-tellyful-spl-set-to-launch-its Glasgow, Scotland 23 March 2008 However, these plans broke down in April 2002 when the Old Firm clubs – Rangers and Celtic – utilised the 11–1 voting system to veto the proposals.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/1916133.stm BBC Sport Old Firm scupper SPL TV 8 April 2002 23 March 2008 This caused discontent among the remaining ten SPL clubs, which subsequently announced their intention to resign from the league.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1931985.stm BBC Sport Scottish league faces collapse 16 April 2002 23 March 2008 Despite a two-year television deal being agreed with BBC Scotland in July 2002 for a significant amount less than previously offered by Sky Sports,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2159152.stm BBC Sport SPL signs BBC deal 31 July 2002 27 March 2008 the ten non-Old Firm clubs confirmed their resignation from the SPL in August 2002, citing discontent with the voting system.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/2166576.stm BBC Sport Scottish clubs quit SPL 1 August 2002 23 March 2008 The ten clubs withdrew their resignations in January 2003 after an agreement was reached to change some of the voting procedures and to change the distribution of TV revenue.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/2683577.stm BBC Sport SPL ends internal strife 22 January 2003 23 March 2008 The withdrawal of Sky Sports' interest in the league caused several clubs to experience financial problems, with Hearts and Kilmarnock announcing debts of £3.8 million and £3.5 million, respectively,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/1710821.stm BBC 14 December 2001 7 February 2018 Sky threat to pull plug and Rangers' debt reportedly rising to £77 million. Motherwell seemed to be affected immediately by the lack of income, entering this season in administration and releasing 19 of their playing staff at the end of the previous season.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/scottish-premier/3026574/Nevin-and-Black-quit-as-crisis-hits-Motherwell.html Nevin and Black quit as crisis hits Motherwell 24 April 2002 6 February 2018 The Daily Telegraph European berths Results in European competition over the previous five years saw the league move up from 16th to 12th in the UEFA country coefficient ranking. This meant that the league earned a second berth in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds for the following season.https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2003.html Bert Kassies Qualification for European club football 2003/04 6 February 2018 16 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180816120849/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2003.html dead Teams Twelve clubs would compete in the league this season – the top 11 clubs of the previous season, and the champions of the 2001–02 First Division. St Johnstone were relegated to the First Division after five seasons in the top league on 6 April 2002, a draw with Motherwell leaving them 14 points adrift at the bottom with only 4 matches left to play.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/1913011.stm Well condemn sad Saints 5 April 2002 7 February 2018 BBC Sport They were replaced by Partick Thistle, the champions of the First Division. They secured their second successive promotion and a place in the top flight with a victory over St Mirren on 13 April 2002.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/1925383.stm Jags secure top-flight return 13 April 2002 7 February 2018 BBC Sport This would be their debut season in the SPL and their first season in the top league since the 1995–96 season. Stadia and locations Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Tannadice Park Capacity: 20,866http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/aberdeen/ Aberdeen Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 60,832http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/celtic/ Celtic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 11,506http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee/ Dundee Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 14,223http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dundee-united/ Dundee United Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Dunfermline AthleticScotland Central Belt 400 center Location of teams in 2002–03 Scottish Premier League Scotland Central Belt 6 57.159387 -2.088979 Aberdeen left Scotland Central Belt 6 56.495264 -2.973194 Dundee left Scotland Central Belt 6 56.474765 -2.968894 Dundee United right Scotland Central Belt 6 56.075308 -3.441906 Dunfermline Athletic left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.939167 -3.232222 Hearts left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian right Scotland Central Belt 6 55.604321 -4.508300 Kilmarnock left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.886167 -3.522872 Livingston bottom Scotland Central Belt 6 55.853207 -4.309243 Rangers left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.849705 -4.205414 Celtic right Scotland Central Belt 6 55.780279 -3.980205 Motherwell left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.881584 -4.269841 Partick Thistle top Heart of Midlothian East End Park Tynecastle Park Capacity: 12,509http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dunfermline-athletic/ Dunfermline Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 17,420http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ Heart of Midlothian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121754/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ 22 October 2013 dead 200px 200px Hibernian Kilmarnock Easter Road Rugby Park Capacity: 16,531http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ Hibernian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 17,889http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/kilmarnock/ Kilmarnock Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Almondvale Stadium Fir Park Firhill Stadium Ibrox Stadium Capacity: 10,016http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/livingston/ Livingston Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 13,677http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/motherwell/ Motherwell Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 13,300http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/partick-thistle/ Partick Thistle Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 50,817http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ Rangers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 4 November 2015 200px 200px 200px 200px Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Aberdeen Scotland Steve Paterson Le Coq Sportif A-Fabhttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Aberdeen/Aberdeen.htm Aberdeen Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 Celtic Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Umbro ntl:http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm Celtic Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 Dundee Scotland Jim Duffy 360 jsearch.co.ukhttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Dundee/Dundee.htm Dundee Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 Dundee UnitedScotland Ian McCallTFG SportsTelewesthttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Dundee_United/Dundee_United.htm Dundee United Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 Dunfermline AthleticScotland Jimmy CalderwoodTFG SportsRAC Auto Windscreenshttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Dunfermline_Athletic/Dunfermline_Athletic.htm Dunfermline Athletic Historical Football Kits 6 February 2018 Heart of MidlothianScotland Craig LeveinReebokAll:sportshttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Heart_of_Midlothian/Heart_of_Midlothian.htm Heart of Midlothian Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 HibernianScotland Bobby WilliamsonLe Coq SportifCarlsberghttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Hibernian/hibernian.htm Hibernian Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 KilmarnockScotland Jim Jefferies TFG Sports Seriously Strong Cheddarhttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Kilmarnock/Kilmarnock.htm Kilmarnock Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 LivingstonScotland Jim Leishman Jerzeez Intelligent Financehttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Livingston/Livingston.htm Livingston Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 MotherwellEngland Terry ButcherXaraThe Untouchableshttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Motherwell/Motherwell.htm Motherwell Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 Partick ThistleScotland John LambieTFG SportsDH Morris Grouphttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Partick_Thistle/Partick_Thistle.htm Partick Thistle Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 RangersScotland Alex McLeishDiadora ntl:homehttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Rangers/Rangers.htm Rangers Historical Football Kits 7 February 2018 Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Dundee Italy Ivano Bonetti 2 July 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/2085203.stm The Bonetti years BBC Sport 2 July 2002 7 February 2018 Sacked Pre-season Scotland Jim Duffy 4 July 2002https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/jim-duffy-returns-to-dens-1-611444 Jim Duffy returns to Dens BBC Sport 5 July 2002 7 February 2018 Dundee UnitedScotland Alex Smith7 October 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/2304157.stm Dundee Utd sack Smith 7 October 2002 BBC Sport 7 February 201811thScotland Paul Hegarty5 November 2002http://www.arabzone.co.uk/news/1086/UNITED-APPOINT-PAUL-HEGARTY.html United appoint Paul Hegarty 5 November 2002 7 February 2018 ArabZone Aberdeen Denmark Ebbe Skovdahl 29 November 2002https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/nov/30/newsstory.sport Skovdahl ready to quit Aberdeen 30 November 2002 The Guardian 7 February 2018 Resigned 8th Scotland Steve Paterson 11 December 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/2558285.stm Paterson named new Aberdeen boss 11 December 2002 BBC Sport 7 February 2018 Dundee UnitedScotland Paul Hegarty30 January 2003https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jan/30/newsstory.sport15 McCall succeeds Hegarty at Tannadice 30 January 2003 The Guardian 7 February 2018Sacked12thScotland Ian McCall30 January 2003 Overview 2002–03 was a successful season for Rangers, who won a domestic treble. They and Celtic competed in a very closely fought title race. Rangers were five points clear of Celtic at the time of the split,https://uk.soccerway.com/national/scotland/premier-league/2002-2003/regular-season/r245/ 2002–03 Summary Soccerway 7 February 2018 but a Celtic victory in the Old Firm derbyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/4471013.stm Rangers 1–2 Celtic BBC Sport 27 April 2003 7 February 2003 and Rangers dropping further points against Dundee in the following matchhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/2991281.stm Dundee dent Gers' title hopes BBC Sport 4 May 2003 7 February 2018 left the rivals level on points and on goal difference going into the final day of the season; Rangers were only ahead having scored 95 goals to Celtic's 94. On the final day, Rangers beat Dunfermline Athletic 6–1 at Ibrox Stadium while Celtic could only win 4–0 at Kilmarnock,Victory not enough for Celtic, BBC Sport, 25 May 2003 meaning Rangers won the title by a goal difference of one more than Celtic (a stoppage-time penalty made the outcome more secure for Rangers – they would still have won at 5–1 by the margin of two more goals scored, but until that point Celtic would have claimed the title by goal difference had they scored again). This was the closest finish in the history of the SPL. Celtic striker Chris Sutton sparked controversy by accusing the Dunfermline players of "lying down" to allow Rangers to win the title,http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11991525.Sutton_claims_Fifers__apos_lay_down_apos__to_Rangers/ Sutton claims Fifers 'lay down' to Rangers 26 May 2003 The Herald 7 February 2003 a comment which sparked a furious response and the threat of legal action from Dunfermline.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/26/newsstory.sport5 Dunfermline legal threat as Sutton hits out 26 May 2003 The Guardian 7 February 2018 Celtic had a more successful season in Europe, reaching the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, but eventually lost to Porto after extra-time in Seville, just four days before the final match of the league season.https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/71041--celtic-vs-porto/ UEFA 2003 UEFA Cup final 7 February 2003 However, it would ultimately be the first season of Martin O'Neill's reign which ended without a trophy for Celtic. Hearts qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Cup after finishing third in the league, but finished 34 points behind the Old Firm. Dundee also qualified for the UEFA Cup in Jim Duffy's first season in charge by reaching the 2003 Scottish Cup Final, despite losing the final to Rangers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/2946904.stm Rangers complete treble BBC Sport 31 May 2003 7 February 2003 In the bottom half of the table, Eddie Thompson took over as chairman of Dundee United but it would statistically be the club's worst season since World War II at that point, with the team finishing 11th in the league, and sacking two managers. They spent the season in a battle with Motherwell to avoid finishing bottom of the league. Following their entry into administration at the end of the previous season, Motherwell released 19 players before this season and struggled throughout the season, eventually being confirmed as the bottom team on 17 May 2003, following a 3–2 defeat to Aberdeen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/3032481.stm Motherwell facing the drop BBC Sport 17 May 2003 7 February 2018 Falkirk became champions of the First Division in April 2003,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/2961477.stm BBC Sport Falkirk send SPL message 19 April 2003 7 February 2018 but their Brockville Park stadium did not have the SPL minimum required 10,000 seats, a problem which prevented their possible promotion to the league only three seasons earlier.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/1058414.stm BBC News Falkirk stadium hopes boost 6 December 2000 6 February 2018 With plans to demolish the stadium and build a new stadium, Falkirk proposed a ground-share of Airdrie United's Excelsior Stadium.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/23/newsstory.sport1 Falkirk denied SPL promotion The Guardian 23 May 2003 7 February 2018 On 23 May 2003, the twelve members of the SPL voted against admitting Falkirk to the league. After a lengthy appeals process with the Scottish Football Association,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/3024730.stm Falkirk denied promotion BBC Sport 27 June 2003 7 February 2018 including a situation where the following season's fixture list was released and the draw for the 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup was made without knowing all of the participants (the fixture list and cup draw referring to Motherwell or Falkirk's place as "Club X"),https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/2995328.stm BBC Sport Club X fixture shock 16 June 2003 7 February 2018 it was confirmed that Falkirk would not be accepted into the SPL, sparing Motherwell from relegation. Format In the initial phase of the season, each of the twelve teams play the other eleven teams three times. After 33 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top six and a bottom six, with each team playing all the other teams in their section once. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section have played each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team. League table main WDL complete Scottish Professional Football League RAN CEL HOM KIL DNF DND HIB ABE LIV PAR DNU MOT CL3Q CL2Q UC1 UC2 NREL 13 10 15 41 54 31 4 3 98 26 10 14 14 50 60 7 11 20 35 68 13 7 18 54 71 18 9 11 57 51 15 6 17 56 64 16 9 13 47 56 9 8 21 48 62 7 7 24 45 71 8 11 19 37 58 31 4 3 101 28 C Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers yes Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches. 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round green2 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round #efefef Spared from relegation As Rangers, the 2002–03 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee, the cup runners-up As the First Division champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground for the SPL, bottom club Motherwell were spared from relegation. Results Matches 1–22 During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DUN DNF HOM HIB KIL LIV MOT PAR RAN Aberdeen 0–4 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 Celtic 7–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–3 Dundee 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–3 Dundee United 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 1–4 4–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–6 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–4 Hibernian 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–4 Kilmarnock 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 Livingston 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 Motherwell 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 6–1 0–2 0–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 Partick Thistle 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–3 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 Rangers 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 4–3 3–0 3–0 complete Matches 23–33 During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DND DUN DNF HOM HIB KIL LIV MOT PAR RAN Aberdeen 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 null null null null 0–1 null Celtic null null 2–0 1–0 null 3–2 2–0 2–1 null null 1–0 Dundee null 1–1 null null 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 null null null Dundee United null null 1–1 3–0 null null 2–2 0–1 2–1 null 1–4 Dunfermline Athletic null null 0–1 null null null null 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 Heart of Midlothian null 2–1 null 2–1 3–0 4–4 3–0 null 2–1 null null Hibernian 2–0 null null 1–1 1–3 null null 2–2 null null 0–2 Kilmarnock 2–0 null null null 1–1 null 6–2 null 1–0 1–0 0–1 Livingston 1–2 null null null null 1–1 null 0–4 1–0 null 1–2 Motherwell 0–1 0–4 1–2 null null null 2–1 null null 2–2 null Partick Thistle null 0–2 1–3 0–0 null 1–1 0–1 null 1–3 null null Rangers 2–1 null 3–1 null null 1–0 null null null 2–0 2–0 complete Matches 34–38 During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once. Top six main FBR grey CEL DND DNF HOM KIL RAN Celtic 6–2 null 1–0 null null Dundee null 2–2 null 0–1 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic 1–4 null 0–1 2–2 null Heart of Midlothian null 1–0 null null 0–2 Kilmarnock 0–4 null null 1–0 null Rangers 1–2 null 6–1 null 4–0 complete Bottom six main FBR grey ABE DUN HIB LIV MOT PAR Aberdeen null null 1–0 null 2–1 Dundee United 0–2 1–2 null null null Hibernian 3–1 null null 1–0 2–3 Livingston null 1–2 1–2 null 3–1 Motherwell 2–3 2–2 null 6–2 null Partick Thistle null 0–1 null null 3–0 complete Top scorers Player Club Goals SWE Henrik Larsson Celtic 28 SCO Stevie Crawford Dunfermline Athletic 19 WAL John Hartson Celtic 18 NED Ronald de Boer Rangers 16 SCO Alex Burns Partick Thistle 16 SCO Barry Ferguson Rangers 16 ENG Chris Sutton Celtic 15 GEO 1990 Shota Arveladze Rangers 15 Suriname Mark de Vries Hearts 15 NED Michael Mols Rangers 13 SCO James McFadden Motherwell 13 Source: SPL official website Attendances The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2002/03 season are shown below: TeamAverageCeltic 57,471Rangers 48,814Hearts 12,057Aberdeen 11,774Hibernian 10,157Dundee United 7,665Kilmarnock 7,407Dundee 7,399Livingston 6,663Dunfermline Athletic 6,124Motherwell 6,085Partick Thistle 5,657 Source: SPL official website Awards Monthly awards Scottish Premier League monthly awards MonthManagerPlayerYoung PlayerAugustScotland John Lambie (Partick Thistle)Netherlands Mark de Vries (Hearts)Scotland Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock)SeptemberScotland Alex McLeish (Rangers)France Jean-Louis Valois (Hearts)Spain Mikel Arteta (Rangers)OctoberScotland Bobby Williamson (Hibernian)Netherlands Fernando Ricksen (Rangers)Scotland Ian Murray (Hibernian)NovemberNorthern Ireland Martin O'Neill (Celtic)Sweden Henrik Larsson (Celtic)Scotland Mark Wilson (Dundee United)DecemberScotland Jim Jefferies (Kilmarnock)Wales John Hartson (Celtic)Scotland Shaun Dillon (Kilmarnock)JanuaryScotland Jim Duffy (Dundee)Scotland Barry Ferguson (Rangers)Scotland Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock)FebruaryScotland Alex McLeish (Rangers)Scotland Lee Wilkie (Dundee)Scotland Shaun Maloney (Celtic)MarchScotland Jim Duffy (Dundee)Scotland Thomas McManus (Hibernian)Georgia 1990 Zurab Khizanishvili (Dundee)AprilScotland Craig Levein (Hearts)Guinea Bobo Baldé (Celtic)Scotland Andy Webster (Hearts) Annual awards Player awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Barry FergusonRangersPFA Young Player of the YearSCO James McFaddenMotherwellSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Barry FergusonRangersSFWA Young Player of the YearGEO Zurab KhizanishviliDundee Manager awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Manager of the YearSCO Alex McLeishRangers References Category:Scottish Premier League seasons 1 Scot