Hoops must be held at bay in stadium containing 60,000 fanatical supporters and just 750 clad in Midlothian maroon if Edinburgh visitors to claim champions’ flag

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.