Mark McGhee departs Dundee and an emotional day for champions – what we learned

There was little at stake on the final weekend of the cinch Premiership campaign, with all the key issues already resolved.

However, Rangers, Hearts and St Johnstone all still have some season-defining matches to come.

Here, the PA news agency looks at five things we learned from the weekend’s action.

Emotion was swirling around Celtic Park on trophy day on Saturday as Tom Rogic and Nir Bitton said goodbye to the fans after nine years of service to the club. The players, who had won a remarkable 34 medals between them, were given a standing ovation in the sixth and 18th minutes respectively – representing their shirt numbers.

Australia midfielder Rogic was clearly emotional when he was replaced just after the hour mark by James McCarthy and Bitton, the Israel international, was given five minutes at the end when he took over from skipper Callum McGregor. Following the 6-0 win over Motherwell both players brought the trophy out to the pitch for the presentation and enjoyed their final moments in the Hoops.

With nothing at stake in their final league match, Rangers boss Giovanni Van Bronckhorst had the luxury of resting 10 key men ahead of Wednesday’s Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt.

A mixture of fringe men and youngsters eased to an impressive 3-1 win away to Hearts, maintaining the feelgood factor for the buoyant travelling support ahead of their historic trip to Seville.

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson rested several key men for Sunday’s trip to Hibernian, with the focus primarily on Friday’s critical Premiership play-off final first leg away to Inverness.

Saints are battling to preserve their top-flight status at the end of a difficult campaign and none of the fringe men staked much of a claim for