Celtic clinch third successive Scottish Premier Title

Schwarzer signs for Fulham

Steele Seals Barnsley Move

Stoke release four before first premier season

Ticket sales suspended at Doncaster

Ivory Coast held by Paraguay

Celtic made it thirteen Scottish Premier titles when they beat Dundee United 1-0 at Tannadice while their near neighbours Rangers were beaten 2-0 by Aberdeen at Pittodrie. Celtic took the title by three points.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored the goal that gave Celtic their third title on the trot and their third under the management of Gordon Strachan. It is also the third time in five seasons that the title has been decided on the final day of the SPL and continued the dominance of Celtic and Rangers in the Scottish Premier, the last team outside of Glasgow to win the title was Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen back in 1984-85 season.

At Pittodrie, Lee Miller and Darren Mackie scored the goals that beat the Ibrox team while Nacho Novo also got a straight red card and will miss the Scottish Cup Final against Queen of the South on Saturday.

In the other game tonight in the Scottish Premier Motherwell beat Hibernian 2-0.

Fulham have made Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer their first signing of the summer. The 35-year-old Australian has ended an 11-year career on Teesside by agreeing a two-year deal at Craven Cottage.

Luke Steele has today sealed a permanent move to Barnsley on a free transfer. The 23-year-old goalkeeper, who performed heroics in goal after joining on loan before the FA cup match against Liverpool has penned a one-year deal with the Championship club.

Stoke City have released four players ahead of their first season in the English top flight since 1985, skipper Dominic Matteo, Russell Hoult, Marlon Broomes and Robert Garrett have all left the Britannia Stadium following the club’s promotion.

Doncaster Rovers has closed its ticket office after being besieged by Leeds United fans looking for tickets to Sunday’s league one play-off final at Wembley.

The Ivory Coast and Paraguay battled out a 1-1 draw in an international friendly on Thursday in Japan. The game was part of the three-team Kirin Cup which also features Japan.

Kevin Taylor