Their role in a title decider for the ages shows how far Hearts have come since fans rescued them from ruin but Celtic remain favourites

Defeat for the champions at Motherwell and a win for the leaders at home to Falkirk will secure them a first league title time since 1960

For Heart of Midlothian, the tantalising, scarcely-believable, bottom line is this: after 66 years they may be crowned champions of Scotland on Wednesday.