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1998

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Lee Roden

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John Collins’ ice-cool penalty in Paris is responsible for another football memory – although Lee Roden’s is the first to specify what he was eating when Scotland played Brazil…

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Helen Blackburn

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Michael Gray’s penalty at Wembley is a memory many Mackems can’t forget…

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John Collins

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A cheeky wink to the camera and, later, a calmly slotted penalty made Scotland’s 2-1 loss to Brazil in the opening game of World Cup 98 the most cherished moment of John Collins’ career…

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Alex Salmond

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‘Trust me, son,’ said Alex Salmond’s father as he held his lad aloft to see Hearts win the 1962 League Cup final, ‘there will be many more days like this’. The two of them waited 36 years to see Hearts win another trophy, and another encounter with a Tynecastle hero…

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Alistair Dobbie

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The longest minute. Alistair Dobbie waits, Hearts scarf over his face, for the final whistle at Hampden and an end to the Tynecastle trophy drought…

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