Celtic starts SPL season with 1-0 win vs. Aberdeen
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) Defending champion Celtic beat Aberdeen 1-0 on Saturday with a goal from Kris Commons as the Scottish Premier League season began without traditional powerhouse Rangers.
Commons scored in the 79th minute at Parkhead with a speculative strike which Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield failed to hold at his near post.
Rangers was demoted to the fourth tier, Scotland's lowest professional league, because of tax debts exceeding $30 million. The 54-time Scottish champions play their first Division Three game at Peterhead on Aug. 11.
Dundee FC, which replaced Rangers in the SPL, drew 0-0 at Kilmarnock. Also, it was: Hearts 2, St. Johnstone 0; Ross County 0, Motherwell 0; and St. Mirren 2, Inverness 2.
Dundee United hosts Hibernian on Sunday.
Updated August 4, 2012
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