The bunting is ready and the Champagne on ice as the people of Kirkcaldy gear up for the town’s biggest sporting weekend in living memory.
Raith Rovers will travel across the Forth to Easter Road on Sunday as they prepare to upset the odds and defeat Rangers in the final of the Ramsdens Cup.
If victorious, it could complete a historic sporting double-whammy for the Lang Toun as the Fife Flyers ice hockey team take on the Belfast Giants in the Elite League play-off finals in Nottingham today.
With expectations rising and tension reaching fever pitch, the great and the good of Kirkcaldy are desperate for jubilant fans to be “dancing in the streets of Raith” once again.
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP David Torrance said: “I wish the players all of the best for Sunday. It is really good for the club and for the whole of the town. Fife Flyers are also doing really well at the moment and that is also great for sport in Kirkcaldy. Hopefully both of them can get a result.”
A Raith Rovers fan since he was a boy, Mr Torrance was one of the thousands of supporters at Ibrox when the club won the Coca-Cola Cup under manager Jimmy Nicholl in 1994.
With Sunday’s game the first national final for Raith since that famous day, Mr Torrance is hoping for a memorable but less nervy occasion.
“I was a nervous wreck that day,” he added. “I’ve never had a feeling like that before. I just hope we get the right result on Sunday and I wish everybody the best for the game.”
Arguably Raith’s most famous fan is former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP will also be at Easter Road this weekend hoping to witness Rovers replicate the glory years of the 1990s.
“I will be supporting Raith at Sunday’s Ramsdens Cup final and send the team my best wishes for success,” he told The Courier.
“I remember the enthusiastic response to Raith’s Coca-Cola Cup success 20 years ago this year and the positive impact it had on Kirkcaldy.
“This is a chance to repeat that success and I’m sure the whole town joins me in wishing the team good luck.”
Cup finals are known for producing plenty of twists and turns but crime writer Val McDermid is hoping Sunday’s game will be more straightforward than one of her own creations.
A club board member, she said: “We like a big occasion at Raith Rovers and after Saturday’s result everyone is in great spirits.
“We’re convinced we can bring some silverware back to Stark’s Park on Sunday. I’m looking forward to a great day out.”