2007–08 Scottish Premier League

It began on 4 August 2007 and was originally due to end on 18 May 2008. Due to the death of Phil O'Donnell and extremely poor weather causing the postponement of fixtures during the winter, as well as a backlog of Rangers fixtures and their progression to the UEFA Cup Final, the SPL decided to move the final round of fixtures back four days to 22 May 2008. It was the first season under the sponsorship of the Clydesdale Bank.

Gretna were promoted from the First Division the previous season and played in the SPL for the first time, replacing Dunfermline Athletic. Gretna did not play at their home stadium Raydale Park as it did not meet the SPL stadia criteria of 6,000 and instead used Motherwell's Fir Park for all but one of their games; that match was at Livingston's Almondvale Stadium.

Champions Celtic qualified directly for the Champions League, while second-placed Rangers qualified for the Second qualifying round. Third-placed Motherwell qualified for the UEFA Cup and Hibernian qualified for the Intertoto Cup. First Division side Queen of the South also qualified for the UEFA Cup after reaching the Scottish Cup Final. Gretna were relegated after just one season in the SPL and were replaced by First Division champions Hamilton Academical for the following season.

The championship was determined on the final day of the season with Celtic and Rangers even on 86 points. Celtic travelled to Tannadice to play Dundee United knowing that a win would likely secure the title due to their superior goal difference (+57 to +53). Meanwhile, Rangers needed to better Celtic's result in their match against Aberdeen at Pittodrie (a Ranger win and Celtic draw or a Ranger draw coupled with a Celtic loss). If both teams won or lost, then Rangers must better better Celtic's goal difference by 4 or more. As it turned out, Celtic won 1–0 following Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's second-half header, while Aberdeen F.C. beat Rangers 2–0 thanks to goals from Lee Miller and Steve Lovell.

Promotion and Relegation from 2006–07

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

• Gretna

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

• Dunfermline Athletic

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen	Celtic	Dundee United	Falkirk
Pittodrie Stadium	Celtic Park	Tannadice Park	Falkirk Stadium
Capacity: 20,866	Capacity: 60,411	Capacity: 14,223	Capacity: 7,937
Gretna	Aberdeen   Dundee United   Falkirk   Gretna   Hearts   Hibernian   Inverness Caledonian Thistle   Kilmarnock   Rangers   St Mirren   Celtic   Motherwell class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2007–08 Scottish Premier League		Heart of Midlothian
Fir Park, Motherwell			Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 13,677			Capacity: 17,420
Hibernian			Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Easter Road			Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 16,531			Capacity: 7,500
Kilmarnock	Motherwell	Rangers	St Mirren
Rugby Park	Fir Park	Ibrox Stadium	Love Street
Capacity: 17,889	Capacity: 13,677	Capacity: 50,817	Capacity: 10,800

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
Aberdeen	Jimmy Calderwood	Nike	Apex Tubulars
Celtic	Gordon Strachan	Nike	Carling
Dundee United	Craig Levein	hummel	Anglian Windows
Falkirk	John Hughes	Lotto	Central Demolition
Gretna	Mick Wadsworth (caretaker)	Crest Teamwear	Subway
Heart of Midlothian	Stephen Frail (caretaker)	Umbro	Ukio Bankas
Hibernian	Mixu Paatelainen	Le Coq Sportif	Whyte and Mackay
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Craig Brewster	Erreà	Flybe
Kilmarnock	Jim Jefferies	Lotto	www.smallworldmedia.com
Motherwell	Mark McGhee	Bukta	Anglian Home Improvements
Rangers	Walter Smith	Umbro	Carling
St Mirren	Gus MacPherson	hummel	Braehead Shopping Centre

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Motherwell	Maurice Malpas	1 June 2007	Sacked	Pre-season	Mark McGhee	18 June 2007
Gretna	Rowan Alexander	14 June 2007	Sacked		Davie Irons	18 July 2007
Inverness	Charlie Christie	20 August 2007	Resigned	12th	Craig Brewster	27 August 2007
Hibernian	John Collins	20 December 2007	Resigned	5th	Mixu Paatelainen	10 January 2008
Hearts	Anatoliy Korobochka	1 January 2008	Sacked	10th	Stephen Frail (caretaker)	1 January 2008
Gretna	Davie Irons	19 February 2008	Signed by Greenock Morton	12th	Mick Wadsworth (caretaker)	19 February 2008

• 29 December: Thirty-five-year-old Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell collapsed on the pitch at Fir Park during a match against Dundee United, and died later that evening.
• 29 March: Gretna were relegated after losing 2–0 to St Mirren at Love Street.
• 19 April: Hamilton Academical won promotion to the Scottish Premier League as First Division champions following a 2–0 over Clyde.
• 22 May: Celtic won their third successive SPL title after defeating Dundee United 1–0.
• 29 May: Gretna were demoted to the Third Division after administrator David Elliot could not guarantee the Football League that the club would fulfil its fixtures next season.
• 2 June: Gretna resigned from the Scottish Football League because the administrator concluded that the club could not continue to run as a business.