THE 20,000-odd Scotland fans who made the trip to Hampden Park on Sunday were rewarded with a 1-0 win over Slovenia that gave Gordon Strachan's side a glint of hope in their Russia 2018 qualifying campaign.
Chris Martin was the unexpected match-winner, his late strike taking the national team two points off second place in Group F as they desperately look to end their 20-year exile from a major tournament.
But on this day in 1990, the Tartan Army were celebrating an even less likely hero at the national stadium as Aberdeen's Stewart McKimmie scored the only goal of his international career to secure a 1-0 win over reigning world champions Argentina.
The illustrious visitors arrived in Glasgow without the creative influence and mesmeric ball skills of Diego Maradona, who was tied up instead with commercial commitments in Japan.
However, Carlos Bilardo's side still featured five of the eleven players that had started in the 1986 World Cup final in Mexico City, not to mention a young Claudio Caniggia, the striker who would go on to have spells with Dundee and Rangers.
Scotland boss Andy Roxburgh handed debuts to Craig Levein, Stuart McCall and Robert Fleck, but it was Aberdeen full-back McKimmie who stole the headlines with a superb winning goal that provided an emphatic response to his original exclusion from the squad.
"If you beat the world champions, it has to be a great night," McKimmie said after the game.
"I honestly don't remember much about the goal beyond thinking I had a lot of time to finish off the move."
Unfortunately the result didn't prove to be a sign of things to come at the World Cup in Italy a few months later, as an infamous opening day defeat to Costa Rica left the Scots with too much to do and was followed up with a win against Sweden and defeat to Brazil.
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