Dundee

Lucky to escape

31st May, 2003. After 93 years of hurt, we had a chance to end our Scottish Cup hoodoo against a treble-chasing Rangers side. Despite matching them throughout, an Amoruso header halfway through the second half was enough to seal the treble. With so many glaring chances going astray, it was heartbreak.

Although it grates on me to imagine what could have been, I have to remind myself that my own club were not exactly paragons of financial prudence. We and many others were lucky to avoid Rangers’ eventual fate.

Would being told 14 years after the fact that our cup final defeat was scratched from the record, or even awarded to us, change my memories? I’d rather we ensured the whole sorry episode never happened again.

Gary Cocker