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Tom English: 'Pure theatre puts Hearts on cusp of title fairytale'

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For the longest time after the final whistle, Tynecastle sang and Tynecastle danced. Old and young and many in between. Many embracing, a few crying or close to crying, many smiling as they took it in, believing now, believing in a footballing miracle. Three games to go and a three-point lead over the monied giants on one side of Glasgow and seven over the surely mortally wounded behemoth on the other side. Hearts won not one but two victories in the sun on Monday night - they beat Rangers and in doing so they, effectively, took them out of the title race. Three horses have become two, but Hearts are out in front and show no sign of idling. Few left the happy chaos because why would you? If you were a Hearts supporter wouldn't you want to bottle this feeling and drink from it in more difficult times, wouldn't you want to savour every last second? And they did. A banner went up behind the goal that Lawrence Shankland scored into to win the game - "keep believing" it read.…

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