![]() ![]() Bolingoli (who tested negative for the virus) was subsequently fined £480 by the police for his breach of quarantine rules. Kilmarnock manager Alex Dyer revealed that Celtic had apologised for the situation. Celtic manager Neil Lennon said Bolingoli "went rogue" and the club were unaware of his actions before it came to light on 10 August. ![]() Defender Boli Bolingoli was in the Celtic match squad and came off the bench during the match, but was found to have travelled back from Spain a few days earlier – at that time, a 14-day quarantine was required for anyone travelling to Scotland from that country. The following weekend, defending champions Celtic drew 1–1 with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on 9 August. Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes was critical of the group of players - namely Bruce Anderson, Craig Bryson, Sam Cosgrove, Michael Devlin, Jonny Hayes, Matty Kennedy, Dylan McGeouch and Scott McKenna - who apologised for a "huge error of judgement". Initially, the Scottish Government said Aberdeen's match against St Johnstone, scheduled for 8 August, wouldn't be affected by the lockdown of the city but the match was postponed after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "pretty furious" about the situation. Two of the group subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 and the eight players were put into self-isolation. Later in the week, the pub was linked to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Aberdeen which led to a lockdown of the city. On the opening day of the season Rangers defeated Aberdeen 1–0 at Pittodrie Stadium and after the game, eight members of the Aberdeen squad went out to a pub in the city. The following day, St Mirren announced that after the seven positive tests were retested, only one came back as positive with the other six negative. As a result, a pre-season friendly between St Mirren and St Johnstone on 25 July was cancelled and Hamilton Academical, who had played St Mirren in a friendly on 18 July, confirmed that all of their players and coaching staff had subsequently tested negative. Nine days prior to the start of the season on 1 August, it was reported on 23 July that seven members of St Mirren's coaching staff had tested positive. The identity of the player was not disclosed but the club said that he was asymptomatic and self-isolating. League summary Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Īfter the 12 Premiership clubs were given permission to restart full-contact training by the Scottish Government from 29 June 2020, it was announced that an Aberdeen player had tested positive for COVID-19 two days later. A total of 228 matches were played, with 38 matches played by each team. ![]() The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. After 33 games, the league splits into two sections of six teams, with each team playing each other in that section. In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams three times. The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.Ĭlass=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership Rangers also completed an unbeaten league season in front of no fans during a pandemic lockdown on after a 4–0 win against Aberdeen on the final matchday. On 7 March, Rangers clinched the title for the 1st time since 2011 after Celtic drew 0–0 away to Dundee United with 6 games remaining. Celtic were the defending champions, seeking a record-breaking tenth successive title. Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren. The fixtures were published on 6 July 2020, with the season beginning on 1 August, following Scottish Government approval due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. The 2020–21 Scottish Premiership was the eighth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football (the 124th edition overall of the top national league competition, not including one cancelled due to World War II). ![]()
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