Can Hull survive in the Premier League next year?

Next season Hull will play in the top tier 顶级联赛 of English football for the first time in their 104-year history, and they will enjoy spending the £60m (820m RMB) in television rights 电视（转播，播放）权 that comes with promotion.

The northern England team have their veteran striker 经验老到的前锋 Dean Windass to thank for the goal that won them a place in the Premiership.

Windass, who will be 40 next season, scored the winner with a powerful volley 大力的凌空抽射 in the first half, guaranteeing himself a place in next year’s team.

Back on the block  I will come back as fit as I have for the last 19 years and put my head on the block again.   Dean Windass, Hull

"I will come back as fit as I have for the last 19 years and put my head on the block自愿被评价 （自我挑战）again," Windass told fans, meaning he will risk another year of competitive football.

Meanwhile in Scotland, Celtic managed to retain 保留 the Scottish Premier League title by winning their last game while arch-rivals 死对头 Rangers lost their final game of the season to the mighty Aberdeen.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, who scored the winning goal for Celtic, dedicated the victory to the memory of Tommy Burns, a former Celtic player and coach who died a week before the end of the season.

"It's about Tommy Burns, it's a tribute 赞扬 to him. We did it and it's a great feeling," said Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Gordon Strachan has become the first Celtic manager in nearly forty years to win the Scottish league title three years running 连续三年.

"We had a challenge and accepted it and I want to celebrate it with guys who believed in me and who I believed in," said Strachan.

Key belief  We had a challenge and accepted it and I want to celebrate it with guys who believed in me and who I believed in   Gordon Strachan, Celtic manager

One Premiership manager who is lamenting 感到惋惜 his employers' lack of belief 信心不足 in his abilities is Avram Grant, who was sacked 被炒鱿鱼 as Chelsea manager at the weekend.

Despite leading Chelsea to second place in the Premier League and the finals of the Uefa Champions League, Grant has been told his services will not be necessary （委婉的表达）被解雇 next term.

The vacant role 职位空缺 at Chelsea is now the subject of wild rumour and speculation 毫无根据的传闻和推测 with candidates such as Sven-Goran Eriksson of Manchester City and former Juventus coach Didier Deschamps linked to the job.

There is even talk of the 'Special One' himself returning, with British bookmakers slashing the odds 博彩公司消减赔率 on Jose Mourinho coming back to the job he was fired 被开除 from in September last year.