{"id":122103,"date":"2026-05-03T09:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:33:57","slug":"scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only two clubs, Glasgow\u2019s dominant duo of Celtic and Rangers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This season, the usual two-horse race finally has a third runner. Hearts, short for their full name Heart of Midlothian, hailing from the capital Edinburgh and without a league triumph in 65 years, are top of the Premiership with four games to go. They are three points clear of Celtic and four ahead of Rangers, on the verge of upending the duopoly known as the \u2018Old Firm\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Alex Ferguson retained the trophy with Aberdeen (Manchester United, domestic and continental domination and a knighthood would follow) in 1984-85\u00a0 \u2014 the last time a non-Old Firm team were champions \u2014 Scottish football has become increasingly uncompetitive.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the financial power of the league was left behind by the commercialisation of the English Premier League after it was founded in 1992, the gulf in budget between Scotland\u2019s top two and the rest has dramatically diverged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between 1975 and 1995, the Glasgow sides only finished first and second in four separate seasons. Dundee United and Aberdeen both topped the table in that time, with Hearts and Motherwell placing second. Only in 2006, and then again in 2017 and 2018 \u2014 two seasons when Rangers were rebuilding from four years in the lower divisions as a result of a financial crisis \u2014 has a team managed to break up the two teams from Glasgow when they were both in the top flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

\n Rangers are the third team in the Scottish title race (Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This sort of polarisation has afflicted many domestic European leagues, but Scotland may be the most extreme example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upsets can happen in individual games. Knockout competitions and their definitive nature can help inspire David to beat Goliath. Doing so often enough to matter over a 38-match league campaign is another matter. The wage budgets of both Celtic and Rangers \u2014 who spent over \u00a340million on transfer fees, let alone wages, since the 49ers Enterprises takeover last year \u2014 are between four and five times as large as that of Hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n

This season was billed as another straight shootout between Celtic and Rangers, who are tied on 55 league titles, to determine who would make it to 56. Both have won nine in a row in the past 30 years, but Celtic have taken 14 of the last 15 championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

As with Aberdeen last season, who won 10 of their opening 11 games before form fell off a cliff, the expectation was that Hearts\u2019 challenge would run out of steam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brighton & Hove Albion owner and data analytics guru Tony Bloom invested \u00a310million in the club last summer, declaring that he wished to win the league within five years. He had already disrupted the footballing hierarchy in Belgium with Union Saint-Gilloise \u2014 taking them from the second division to their first championship in 90 years \u2014 but it was still seen as fanciful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet the Moneyball-esque signings of Claudio Braga and Alexandros Kyziridis from the Norwegian second tier and Slovakian top flight respectively have sprinkled enough quality on the organisation and spirit of manager Derek McInnes to propel Hearts to the front.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are further twists and turns guaranteed, in large part thanks to the league\u2019s format. <\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike the Premier League, in which all 20 teams simply play each other home and away, the 12 clubs in the Premiership meet three times before the table splits in half, with the top six playing each other once more to create a best-versus-best scenario. <\/span>Hearts beat city rivals Hibernian 2-1 away in the first of their nerve-racking final five games, with the latter having two players sent off. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hibernian occupy an unusual position as the potential kingmaker in this race. Naturally, they do not want their fiercest foes to be able to lord it over them, having not won the league themselves since 1952, but three-time tennis Grand Slam winner and Hibernian fan Sir Andy Murray has admitted that a Hearts title this season would be the healthiest outcome for the league.<\/span><\/p>\n

These conflicting emotions are likely to repeat in the coming weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hibernian host Celtic tomorrow (Sunday) and visit Rangers 10 days later, knowing that winning those matches could inadvertently hand the trophy to their neighbours.<\/span><\/p>\n

The same is true for Rangers. Having been beaten by Motherwell at home last Sunday, they travel to Tynecastle, home of Hearts, on Monday evening, knowing that if they win, it will open the door for Celtic, who they then host in the Old Firm derby the following weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has led to fan concerns about sporting integrity and whether a team could conceivably lie down in a match if it meant denying their big rivals a route to glory. <\/span>The final-day meeting in Glasgow between Celtic and Hearts, expected to be played in front of a 60,000 crowd, could put that to the ultimate test. Should Celtic take points off Hearts in that one, could they gift the title to Rangers?<\/p>\n

Those concerns aside, Hearts have a simple scenario: beat Rangers, Motherwell, Falkirk and Celtic in their remaining games and they will be champions for the first time since 1960.<\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/p>\n
\n

\n Hearts are pushing to win the league for the first time since 1960 (Zak Mauger\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Scotland has had dramatic endings to seasons before. <\/span><\/p>\n

In 2002-03, Rangers won the title ahead of Celtic only on goal difference, +73 to +72; two years later, Celtic conceded twice in the final few minutes of their last league match against Motherwell, were beaten 2-1 and so lost the league to their arch-rivals by a point. It came to be known as Helicopter Sunday as a helicopter, carrying the trophy, was circling between two stadiums as it awaited the outcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The hope is that, two weeks today (May 14), the chopper will be buzzing around somewhere between the east end of Glasgow, for that Celtic-Hearts match, and Falkirk, who are hosting Rangers, with all those clubs \u2014 barring Falkirk \u2014 still capable of being crowned champions on the final day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It will be a fittingly dramatic final episode to the most unlikely of seasons \u2014 and perhaps the gateway to a TV deal far more lucrative than those that have held Scotland\u2019s clubs back for decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only two clubs, Glasgow\u2019s dominant duo of Celtic and Rangers.\u00a0 This season, the usual two-horse race finally has a third runner. Hearts, short for their full name Heart of Midlothian, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33263,10090,23572,33261,33262,4248,10862],"class_list":["post-122103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubirata","tag-41year","tag-race","tag-remarkable","tag-scotlands","tag-threeway","tag-title","tag-wait"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nScotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end - Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portalubirataonline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portalubirataonline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-03T12:33:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-03T12:33:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@x.com\/ubirataonline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ubirataonline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/372f87bbd3fdd79b8556b84c98d0bc1c\"},\"headline\":\"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-03T12:33:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-03T12:33:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1049,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"41year\",\"race\",\"remarkable\",\"Scotlands\",\"threeway\",\"Title\",\"wait\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ubirat\u00e3\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/en\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end - Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-03T12:33:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-03T12:33:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"In\u00edcio\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias\",\"description\":\"Not\u00edcias de Ubirat\u00e3, regi\u00e3o, Brasil e mundo, com informa\u00e7\u00e3o atualizada e compromisso com o leitor.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Ubirat\u00e3 Online\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"Place\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias\",\"alternateName\":\"Ubirat\u00e3 Online\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/portalubirataonline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ubirataonline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ubirataonline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/groups\\\/311144672285604\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/UBTAOnline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/portalubirataonline\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/ubirataonline\"],\"description\":\"Somos um portal de not\u00edcias independente, criado em 5 de janeiro de 2009, com o objetivo de informar, conectar e valorizar a nossa comunidade de Ubirat\u00e3 e toda aregi\u00e3o. Com conte\u00fado atualizado, confi\u00e1vel e relevante, o Ubirat\u00e3 Online \u00e9 o seu espa\u00e7o para ficar por dentro dos principais acontecimentos locais, regionais, Brasil, Mundo e de interesse geral. Nosso compromisso \u00e9 com a verdade, a transpar\u00eancia e o respeito ao leitor.\",\"legalName\":\"UBIRATA ONLINE NOT\u00cdCIAS\",\"foundingDate\":\"2009-01-05\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"},\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/faq\\\/\",\"address\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#local-main-place-address\"},\"geo\":{\"@type\":\"GeoCoordinates\",\"latitude\":\"-24.5361401\",\"longitude\":\"-52.9921776\"},\"telephone\":[\"+5544998308235\"],\"contactPoint\":{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"email\":\"contato@ubirataonline.com.br\"},\"openingHoursSpecification\":{\"@type\":\"OpeningHoursSpecification\",\"dayOfWeek\":[\"Monday\",\"Tuesday\",\"Wednesday\",\"Thursday\",\"Friday\",\"Saturday\",\"Sunday\"],\"opens\":\"00:00\",\"closes\":\"23:59\"},\"email\":\"contato@ubirataonline.com.br\",\"vatID\":\"47.621.418\\\/0001-80\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/372f87bbd3fdd79b8556b84c98d0bc1c\",\"name\":\"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO\",\"pronouns\":\"Ele\",\"description\":\"Desde 2003 trabalhando com not\u00edcias.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/ubirataoline.com.br\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/portalubirataonline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ubirataonline_oficial\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/x.com\\\/ubirataonline\"],\"honorificPrefix\":\"Mr.\",\"honorificSuffix\":\"MD\",\"birthDate\":\"1980-06-16\",\"gender\":\"masculino\",\"award\":[\"V\u00e1rios pr\u00eamios de melhor portal da cidade\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Diretor\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/en\\\/author\\\/ubirataonline\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"PostalAddress\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#local-main-place-address\",\"streetAddress\":\"Rua dos Coqueiros, 104 - Bairro Boa Vista, Rua dos Coqueiros, 104 Bairro Boa Vista\",\"addressLocality\":\"UBIRATA\",\"postalCode\":\"85440-000\",\"addressRegion\":\"PR\",\"addressCountry\":\"BR\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/logoubirataonline-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ubirataonline.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/logoubirataonline-1.webp\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias\"}]}<\/script>\n<meta name=\"geo.placename\" content=\"UBIRATA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"geo.position\" content=\"-24.5361401;-52.9921776\" \/>\n<meta name=\"geo.region\" content=\"Brazil\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end - Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!","description":"Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end","og_description":"Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only","og_url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/","og_site_name":"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portalubirataonline","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portalubirataonline","article_published_time":"2026-05-03T12:33:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-03T12:33:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@x.com\/ubirataonline","twitter_site":"@ubirataonline","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/"},"author":{"name":"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#\/schema\/person\/372f87bbd3fdd79b8556b84c98d0bc1c"},"headline":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end","datePublished":"2026-05-03T12:33:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-03T12:33:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/"},"wordCount":1049,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg","keywords":["41year","race","remarkable","Scotlands","threeway","Title","wait"],"articleSection":["Ubirat\u00e3"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/","url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/","name":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end - Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-03T12:33:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-03T12:33:57+00:00","description":"Jeopardy has returned to Scottish football. It is an integral part of any sporting competition but, for 41 years, the title has been shared between only","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-\u2013-and-the-41-year-wait.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In\u00edcio","item":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Scotland\u2019s remarkable three-way title race \u2013 and the 41-year wait that could end"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/","name":"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias","description":"Not\u00edcias de Ubirat\u00e3, regi\u00e3o, Brasil e mundo, com informa\u00e7\u00e3o atualizada e compromisso com o leitor.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Ubirat\u00e3 Online","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Organization","Place"],"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#organization","name":"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias","alternateName":"Ubirat\u00e3 Online","url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/","logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portalubirataonline","https:\/\/x.com\/ubirataonline","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ubirataonline","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/311144672285604","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UBTAOnline","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/portalubirataonline\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ubirataonline"],"description":"Somos um portal de not\u00edcias independente, criado em 5 de janeiro de 2009, com o objetivo de informar, conectar e valorizar a nossa comunidade de Ubirat\u00e3 e toda aregi\u00e3o. Com conte\u00fado atualizado, confi\u00e1vel e relevante, o Ubirat\u00e3 Online \u00e9 o seu espa\u00e7o para ficar por dentro dos principais acontecimentos locais, regionais, Brasil, Mundo e de interesse geral. Nosso compromisso \u00e9 com a verdade, a transpar\u00eancia e o respeito ao leitor.","legalName":"UBIRATA ONLINE NOT\u00cdCIAS","foundingDate":"2009-01-05","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"},"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/faq\/","address":{"@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#local-main-place-address"},"geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":"-24.5361401","longitude":"-52.9921776"},"telephone":["+5544998308235"],"contactPoint":{"@type":"ContactPoint","email":"contato@ubirataonline.com.br"},"openingHoursSpecification":{"@type":"OpeningHoursSpecification","dayOfWeek":["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"],"opens":"00:00","closes":"23:59"},"email":"contato@ubirataonline.com.br","vatID":"47.621.418\/0001-80"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/#\/schema\/person\/372f87bbd3fdd79b8556b84c98d0bc1c","name":"REDA\u00c7\u00c3O: UBIRAT\u00c3 ONLINE - F\u00c1BIO AUGUSTO CELESTINO","pronouns":"Ele","description":"Desde 2003 trabalhando com not\u00edcias.","sameAs":["http:\/\/ubirataoline.com.br","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/portalubirataonline","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ubirataonline_oficial","https:\/\/x.com\/x.com\/ubirataonline"],"honorificPrefix":"Mr.","honorificSuffix":"MD","birthDate":"1980-06-16","gender":"masculino","award":["V\u00e1rios pr\u00eamios de melhor portal da cidade"],"jobTitle":"Diretor","url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/author\/ubirataonline\/"},{"@type":"PostalAddress","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#local-main-place-address","streetAddress":"Rua dos Coqueiros, 104 - Bairro Boa Vista, Rua dos Coqueiros, 104 Bairro Boa Vista","addressLocality":"UBIRATA","postalCode":"85440-000","addressRegion":"PR","addressCountry":"BR"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/scotlands-remarkable-three-way-title-race-and-the-41-year-wait-that-could-end\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/logoubirataonline-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/logoubirataonline-1.webp","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias"}]},"geo.placename":"UBIRATA","geo.position":{"lat":"-24.5361401","long":"-52.9921776"},"geo.region":"Brazil"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}