Tam McManuis

OVER 100,000 fervent fans packed into Murrayfield and then Hampden yesterday to watch four of our top sides do battle for a place in the Betfred Cup Final. For a country of just over 5m it was an astonishing number of supporters which just confirms the passion and insatiable appetite we have for football in Scotland.

OCTOBER 22, 2005. A day that will be forever forged in every Hearts supporter's mind. It was of course the day that Vladimir Romanov pulled the plug on George Burley just hours before an SPL match with Dunfermline.

Another big game. Another defeat for Aberdeen.

Over the past few days, the football world has been united in grief at losing one of their own.