For a football season where the main question was a foregone conclusion even in November, it somehow managed to end with a significant amount of interest - Celtic won the league of course, but failed to win the treble that seemed all-but assured; Hibs went from a disastrous start to finishing third; Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup, and therefore gazumped Hibs' guarantee of group-stage European football; both Falkirk and Livingston were promoted.
So, all in all it was actually a surprisingly good season. The big hope for next year, of course, is for things to be rather more competitive at the top end - in particular, it would be good if some of our other teams could improve to get a bit closer to Celtic (more likely, any closing of the gap would probably come about by a reduction in Celtic's quality, which would not be ideal). But I must admit that I'm not terribly hopeful of that; Celtic's dominance is not just on the pitch but in every arena, so by rights they should move further ahead if anything.
Of course, this summer is one of the ones where there is no international football to look forward to. Though with Scotland's recent travails, that may not be the worst thing ever.
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