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Michael Johnston can scarcely remember a time when Celtic’s dominance of Scottish football was not as absolute as it is now, writes Stephen Halliday.

Aaron Hughes gave his team-mates something to chew on when they gathered for a meal earlier this week.

Since breaking into the Celtic 
first team shortly before his 18th birthday four years ago, Kieran Tierney has scarcely looked back.

Kieran Tierney has admitted he is uncertain whether he will be able to complete a full 90 minutes at Hampden on Saturday as he bids to sign off his season with another winners’ medal before undergoing surgery for a double hernia next week.

Gary Naysmith, a Scottish Cup winner with Hearts in 1998, believes that 39 of 
Scotland’s 42 senior clubs will be hoping that Craig Levein’s side prevail when they meet Celtic in Saturday’s final of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

Robbie Neilson believes all talk of Celtic securing an historic third treble is “premature” and hopes his old mentor Craig Levein can cause an upset at Hampden.

While his team-mates have been preoccupied with the business of seeing out a less than memorable end to the league season, Peter Haring has been single-mindedly focused on this Saturday’s Scottish Cup final.

Hearts supporters are fully aware of the importance of Steven Naismith to their side. Unfortunately, it's looking increasingly certain that they'll face off against Celtic in this Saturday's Scottish Cup final without their talismanic striker.

Paulo Sergio walked under the cover of darkness on Sunday night, the way he prefers it when he returns to Edinburgh. Like a character in a film noir with the collar of his jacket upturned and cigarette smoke billowing, few might immediately recognise him as the last Hearts manager to win the Scottish Cup.

The final league placings were confirmed on Sunday but how much did your club make?

A look back at the final weekend of the Scottish Premiership season.

Monday’s Scottish football news and gossip.

Teenagers from both clubs glistened on trophy day at Parkhead as Hearts and Celtic prepared for the Scottish Cup final with what almost became an exhibition game. The imminent meeting at Hampden Park between these two clubs dictated neither could show their hand yesterday, thus some prodigious youngsters on both sides got worthwhile first-team experience.

Craig Levein has shown throughout his managerial career that he isn’t afraid to give youth a chance to shine in the first team. He’s very much in the ‘if they’re good enough, they’re old enough’ to start camp. That said, his hand has been forced more than he would have liked this season due to a lengthy, bordering on calamitous, injury list the club has had to contend with.

Hearts midfielder Olly Lee is in a race against time to be fit for Saturday’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic having twisted his knee yesterday against the same opponents.

Hearts head coach Craig Levein has revealed midfielder Olly Lee is a major doubt for Saturday’s Scottish Cup final after twisting his knee in the 2-1 defeat at Celtic Park.

Neil McGlade looks back at Hearts’ defeat at Parkhead and assesses how the players fared.