It's not at all just Celtic lovers who'll be ready them on in Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-ultimate with St Johnstone.

Individuals who help Hibernian, Dundee United, St Mirren - and maybe even the greater pessimistic Aberdeen lovers - may even be hoping Brendan Rodgers holders acquire for one very simple motive...

A ultimate in between Celtic and Aberdeen - whatever the result - will imply the best five finishers in the Scottish Premiership are going to be certain Europe next year.

Why is?
The Scottish Cup winners gain a spot from the Europa League Engage in-off spherical, With all the team that finishes third during the Premiership heading into the next qualifying spherical.

Whoever is fourth, will likely be during the equivalent phase of the Convention League.

Even so, if Celtic gain the cup, almost everything shuffles down because they have previously clinched a location within the Champions League qualifiers. Rangers will far too.

That means the Europa Perform-off position - along with the confirmed six-recreation Conference League campaign that includes it - goes to whoever finishes 3rd in the league.

At present, that is Hibs. But United and Aberdeen and St Mirren - albeit the arithmetic is vastly versus them - are still in the mix.

But even the clubs who overlook out on 3rd could however be rewarded.

Fourth place will be upgraded from Convention League to Europa League, with that Convention place about to whoever finishes fifth.

St Johnstone, of course, could scupper all this having a second victory above Celtic within a month.

Need to they are doing so, then both they or Aberdeen could sit up for not less than 6 valuable game titles in the Meeting League occur the autumn.