The greatest myth relating to this Scottish football season is that a country eagerly awaits a Hearts title win. For supporters of Celtic and Rangers, the league flag flying at Tynecastle Park for the first time since 1960 might just be palatable on the basis of no bragging rights in Glasgow. Others have no desire whatsoever to see Hearts become the team to break a four-decade duopoly. This is a tribal football country and unashamedly so.

Case in point was delivered here by a diminished Hibernian, whose supporters demanded they fight tooth and nail to burst the Hearts bubble. Emigration will appeal to those with a fondness for the green half of Edinburgh should the Hearts fairytale reach appropriate conclusion. It is now only four games from that point. Scottish football is delivering the most thrilling top-flight race in Europe, with the underdogs still ahead of Glasgow’s big two.