Failure will be our fault - Smith - Sport in brief

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Both teams head into the final night of the season locked on points at the top of the SPL but Celtic's superior goal difference means a win at Dundee United will almost certainly be enough to allow them to retain their crown regardless of Rangers' own result at Aberdeen.

"Having got this far we'd love to see it through," said Smith. "In that sense it would be a huge disappointment of we didn't win the league."

He added: "We had an advantage going into the last three games and we lost that. We can only blame ourselves if it doesn't happen.

"I've said to my players disappointment in football is the only thing that's guaranteed.

"We've got to handle that if it comes. But we're not looking at that stage yet, we have to go into the game in a positive frame of mind.

"We'll go to Pittodrie looking to win the game."

Celtic are four goals better off - meaning Rangers would have to embark on an unlikely goal-spree at Pittodrie to snatch the championship on goal difference.

However, Smith believes such talk is unfair on both Aberdeen and United.

"We need to score but I think it's disrespectful to talk about goal difference," he said. "It's disrespectful to the teams we are playing."