diff --git a/plugins.json b/plugins.json
index ade9d80b..8b2dd9d3 100644
--- a/plugins.json
+++ b/plugins.json
@@ -283,9 +283,8 @@
       "last_updated": "2026-10-05",
       "verified": true,
       "screenshot": "",
-      "latest_version": "3.18.8",
-      "ledmatrix_min_version": "3.8.0",
-      "commit": "8db9d3ebe374dc4155906ad29f6f5baa5536fe1c"
+      "latest_version": "3.18.9",
+      "ledmatrix_min_version": "3.8.0"
     },
     {
       "id": "geochron",
diff --git a/plugins/football-scoreboard/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/football-scoreboard/CHANGELOG.md
index 66ae225b..bd05efcb 100644
--- a/plugins/football-scoreboard/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/football-scoreboard/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.18.9] - 2026-10-05
+
+### Fixed
+- A win celebration in a league with `live_priority` off no longer makes
+  `has_live_content()` true. `get_live_modes()` only returns a celebrating
+  league's live mode when that league is enabled with `live_priority` on, so
+  `has_live_content()` reported live content that no live mode of this plugin
+  could show. It now applies the same `live_priority` gate (NFL, NCAA
+  football).
+
 ## [3.18.8] - 2026-10-05
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/plugins/football-scoreboard/manager.py b/plugins/football-scoreboard/manager.py
index 2d97da72..84152b95 100644
--- a/plugins/football-scoreboard/manager.py
+++ b/plugins/football-scoreboard/manager.py
@@ -2053,14 +2053,22 @@ def display(self, display_mode: str = None, force_clear: bool = False) -> bool:
             self.logger.error(f"Error in display method: {e}")
             return False
 
-    def _get_active_celebration_manager(self):
+    def _get_active_celebration_manager(self, live_priority_only=False):
         """Return the (league_key, live_manager) of an enabled league whose live
-        manager currently has an active score/win celebration, else None."""
+        manager currently has an active score/win celebration, else None.
+
+        ``live_priority_only`` also skips leagues with live priority off -- the
+        same gate get_live_modes() applies, so has_live_content() never reports
+        a celebration that no live mode can show.
+        """
         if not self.is_enabled:
             return None
         for league_key in self._league_registry:
             if not self._league_registry[league_key].get("enabled", False):
                 continue
+            if live_priority_only and not self._league_registry[league_key].get(
+                    "live_priority", False):
+                continue
             live_manager = self._get_league_manager_for_mode(league_key, "live")
             if (
                 live_manager
@@ -2150,7 +2158,7 @@ def has_live_content(self) -> bool:
 
         # An active celebration (notably a win, whose game has already left the
         # live list) must keep the live mode on screen.
-        if self._get_active_celebration_manager() is not None:
+        if self._get_active_celebration_manager(live_priority_only=True) is not None:
             return True
 
         # Live game counts per league, folded into the single throttled summary
diff --git a/plugins/football-scoreboard/manifest.json b/plugins/football-scoreboard/manifest.json
index 54cc48df..1f7ff46d 100644
--- a/plugins/football-scoreboard/manifest.json
+++ b/plugins/football-scoreboard/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "football-scoreboard",
   "name": "Football Scoreboard",
-  "version": "3.18.8",
+  "version": "3.18.9",
   "update_interval": 60,
   "author": "ChuckBuilds",
   "class_name": "FootballScoreboardPlugin",
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
     "ncaa_fb_live"
   ],
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "version": "3.18.9",
+      "released": "2026-10-05",
+      "ledmatrix_min_version": "3.8.0",
+      "notes": "A win celebration in a league with live_priority off no longer makes has_live_content() true. get_live_modes() only returns a celebrating league's live mode when that league is enabled with live_priority on, so has_live_content() reported live content that no live mode of this plugin could show; it now applies the same live_priority gate (NFL, NCAA football)."
+    },
     {
       "version": "3.18.8",
       "released": "2026-10-05",
diff --git a/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_celebration_is_a_live_mode.py b/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_celebration_is_a_live_mode.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fabdcc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_celebration_is_a_live_mode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+A win celebration must be selectable as a live mode.
+
+A win fires as the game goes final, so by the time it is on screen the game has
+already left the league's live list. get_live_modes() returns a celebrating
+league's live mode for that reason. has_live_content() must agree with it: it
+counted a celebration in a league with live priority off, which get_live_modes()
+never returns, so the controller saw live content with no mode of this plugin
+to show for it.
+
+Covers, for every league:
+  1. A celebration with an empty live list -> get_live_modes() returns that
+     league's live mode, and has_live_content() agrees.
+  2. A celebration and a live game in the same league -> the mode appears once.
+  3. A disabled league, or one with live priority off -> neither method reports
+     the celebration.
+
+Run: <core-venv>/bin/python plugins/football-scoreboard/test_celebration_is_a_live_mode.py
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+PLUGIN_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+if PLUGIN_DIR not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, PLUGIN_DIR)
+
+from manager import FootballScoreboardPlugin  # noqa: E402
+
+LEAGUES = ("nfl", "ncaa_fb")
+
+
+class _QuietLogger:
+    def _drop(self, *a, **k):
+        pass
+
+    debug = info = warning = error = _drop
+
+
+class _Live:
+    """Stands in for a league's live manager. Has no _is_game_really_over, so
+    both methods skip that filter."""
+
+    def __init__(self, games=(), celebrating=False):
+        self.live_games = list(games)
+        self.favorite_teams = []
+        self.celebrating = celebrating
+
+    def has_active_celebration(self):
+        return self.celebrating
+
+
+class _Stub:
+    """Carries just the attributes the two methods read, with the real methods
+    bound to it -- the full constructor needs a display manager."""
+
+    get_live_modes = FootballScoreboardPlugin.get_live_modes
+    has_live_content = FootballScoreboardPlugin.has_live_content
+    _get_active_celebration_manager = FootballScoreboardPlugin._get_active_celebration_manager
+
+    def __init__(self, enabled=True, live_priority=True):
+        self.logger = _QuietLogger()
+        self.is_enabled = True
+        self._league_registry = {}
+        for league in LEAGUES:
+            setattr(self, f"{league}_enabled", enabled)
+            setattr(self, f"{league}_live_priority", live_priority)
+            setattr(self, f"{league}_live", _Live())
+            self._league_registry[league] = {
+                "enabled": enabled, "live_priority": live_priority}
+        self._last_live_content_log = 0.0
+        self._last_live_content_state = None
+        self._live_content_log_interval = 60.0
+
+    def _get_league_manager_for_mode(self, league, mode):
+        return getattr(self, f"{league}_live") if mode == "live" else None
+
+
+def _game():
+    return {"home_abbr": "KC", "away_abbr": "DAL", "is_final": False, "is_live": True}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("league", LEAGUES)
+def test_celebration_with_empty_live_list_is_a_live_mode(league):
+    stub = _Stub()
+    getattr(stub, f"{league}_live").celebrating = True
+
+    assert stub.get_live_modes() == [f"{league}_live"]
+    assert stub.has_live_content() is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("league", LEAGUES)
+def test_celebration_and_live_game_list_the_mode_once(league):
+    stub = _Stub()
+    live = getattr(stub, f"{league}_live")
+    live.celebrating = True
+    live.live_games.append(_game())
+
+    assert stub.get_live_modes() == [f"{league}_live"]
+    assert stub.has_live_content() is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("league", LEAGUES)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("gate", ("enabled", "live_priority"))
+def test_gated_off_league_does_not_report_its_celebration(league, gate):
+    stub = _Stub(**{gate: False})
+    getattr(stub, f"{league}_live").celebrating = True
+
+    assert stub.get_live_modes() == []
+    assert stub.has_live_content() is False
+
+
+def test_only_the_celebrating_league_is_returned():
+    stub = _Stub()
+    stub.nfl_live.live_games.append(_game())
+    stub.ncaa_fb_live.celebrating = True
+
+    assert stub.get_live_modes() == ["nfl_live", "ncaa_fb_live"]
+
+
+def test_no_celebration_and_no_games_is_not_live():
+    stub = _Stub()
+
+    assert stub.get_live_modes() == []
+    assert stub.has_live_content() is False
diff --git a/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_live_content_log_throttle.py b/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_live_content_log_throttle.py
index e04b463b..49416c18 100644
--- a/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_live_content_log_throttle.py
+++ b/plugins/football-scoreboard/test_live_content_log_throttle.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self, nfl_games=(), ncaa_games=()):
         self._last_live_content_state = None
         self._live_content_log_interval = 60.0
 
-    def _get_active_celebration_manager(self):
+    def _get_active_celebration_manager(self, live_priority_only=False):
         # No celebration in flight, so has_live_content() runs its full body
         # instead of short-circuiting to True.
         return None