Premier League Sunday 9th April

Kilmarnock 1

Celtic 4

0:1 Nakamura 8
0:2 Hartson 64
0:3 Nakamura 82
0:4 Dublin 84
1:4 Nish 89

Att: 10,978

MIB: Craig Thompson

Celtic: Marshall Telfer Varga, McManus Wilson Lennon Petrov Nakamura McGeady Hartson Maloney
subs
Pearson for Petrov 66
Dublin for Hartson 75
Lawson for Lennon 85

Manager of the Year elect Jim Jefferies, was left sorting out his tactical nous from his elbow as WGS and Celtic outplayed, out-passed and outclassed his Ayrshire also-rans. The Sports writers footballing Einstein would have been better sticking with the troupe of prepubescent cheer leaders and Cyril the psychedelic squirrel to entertain the home support. What is it about Ayrshire anyway, that it needs scantily clad school girls dancing about to keep the supporters happy? If this was Viet Nam they'd all be jailed!

It only took nine minutes for General Jimbo to choke on his Killie pie as Nakamura sent a perfect free kick into the top corner to underline the Champions' superiority.

With Celtic's foot off the SPL pedal, Killie were allowed to come into the game and on the stroke of half time Naismith had a perfectly good goal chalked off for offside. The linesman must have been distracted at the thought of the schoolies coming on at the break to have made this howler. Killie were incensed and must have fancied their chances after the break, but Celtic's luck hadn't run out, as the Fat Lady - in the corpulent shape of Michele Mc Manus - wasn't about to sing. Quite the reverse; she was serenaded by a chorus of 'Who ate all the pies' as she waddled on to make the half time draw.

The second period started well for the home side, and Marshall and McManus (Stephen that is) did well to prevent an equaliser, as Wales created two clear chances to level.

Celtic's response to this audacity was to up a gear and pass the ball at pace through the Killie ranks. Hartson made it two after Combe parried a Shaun Maloney shot, then Nakamura scored the third when he completed a magnificent series of passes to slot the ball home. Dublin, a late substitute for Hartson, scored at the death to make it four before a consolation goal in the last minute from Nish, who was gifted a chance by a relaxed Sieve.

This was easy street for WGS, while Napoleon was left to rue missed chances, poor decisions and... excuses from Sports hacks on a Post card please.