Covid-19/Scotland: "2019-20 Ladbrokes Premiership concluded with immediate effect", Celtic champions

"Following consultation with all 12 top-flight clubs, the Board of the SPFL has determined that the 2019-20 Ladbrokes Premiership has been concluded with immediate effect," announced the Scottish Professional Football League on 18/05/2020.

"As with the Ladbrokes Championship (second division), Ladbrokes League One (third division) and Ladbrokes League Two (fourth division) competitions, final season placings have been determined by points per game in league matches played to 13/03/2020 by each club. The decision means that Celtic FC are crowned 2019-20 champions and Hearts have been relegated to the Ladbrokes Championship," added the Scottish league.

"We would all have rather seen the league season played out on pitches, in stadiums and in front of supporters. This is not the way anybody involved with Scottish football would have wanted to conclude the league season but, given the grave and unprecedented circumstances that we are facing, the Board has agreed that it is the only practical way forward," Murdoch MacLennan, chairman of the SPFL.

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