The Scottish premier league splits into two

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  1. BFC Dave

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    does anyone know how that works ?
     
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    play each other ten time
     
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    The 12 teams play each other 3 times. So 33 games. Not sure how they decide home/away for the 3rd game. Then they split with the top 6 each playing each other 1 once more (again not sure how they decide home/away) and same for the bottom 6. Giving 38 games. Teams in the bottom 6 can't finish higher than 7th so you can end up with the 7th/8th place teams having more points than the 5th/6th place team.
     
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    The top 6 play each other once, and the bottom 6 player each other once.

    Technically, the team in 7th place can have more points than the team in 6th, yet still finish below them. Confused?
     
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    Scottish football is ****.

    That pretty much explains it. They split the league so people will talk about it, because the football offers nothing in the way of entertainment.
     
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    VERY! :D, seems abit baffling to me. Is it something to do with stopping Celtic and Rangers hammering everyone?
     
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    They don't seem to hammer anyone these days, to be honest. Either the other teams are catching up or the big 2 are getting worse.

    Clearly though, Celtic are going to win it.
     
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