Hearts come up trumps.

The unquenchable fighting spirit of Heart of Midlothian enabled them to earn a point in a 1-1 draw with Aberdeen at Tynecastle yesterday and virtually assured them of the League championship.

They extended their unbeaten record to 30 games.

Although not at their best, they fought back to equalize three minutes from time, Colquhoun being the marksman, after a composed Aberdeen went ahead through a penalty scored by Weir.

A crowd of 19,047 watched this, Scotland's first premier division game to be televised live.

It was highly entertaining.

Hearts were nervous at the start and though they did not equal the quality of Aberdeen, they never gave up.

Only an unlikely disaster can prevent them winning the title.

On Saturday two late goals from Archdeacon and McClair preserved Celtic's dwindling hope of thwarting that ambition with an uninspired 2-0 victory over Hibernain.

After a bright opening spell Celtic became over-anxious and verged on panic as their opponents, who had eliminated them from the two cup competitions this season, defended valiantly.

Celtic, although extending their unbeaten League run to 13 matches, allowed commitment to overrule composed football.

In an untidy game Aitken, their forceful international midfield player, was Celtic's inspiration.

Dundee United are virtually out of contention after dropping a point in a 1-1 draw with Clydebank.

Although United made a promising start, with Redford scoring in three minutes, their opponents, who have surprised most of the leading teams with skilful displays, began to play with style and conviction.

With eight minutes remaining, Conroy scored the equalizer.

Dundee, who had started nervously against Motherwell at Dens Park, scored four goals in the second half.

Taken from timesonline.co.uk