When Dundee United last won the Scottish Cup in 2010, Scott Fraser was sitting in the stands at Hampden among the fans watching his heroes along with another youngster, a certain Ryan Gauld.
Now, six years on, Fraser is an integral part of the current Tangerines team and he is determined he will help his side make their own piece of history by lifting the cup once again.
United travel to face Ross County in the quarter-final of the competition this afternoon.
And while Fraser is aware how difficult it will be up in the Highlands against a team out for revenge after Mixu Paatelainen’s men beat them 3-0 in the league last week, he is determined that the game will be another step towards new Hampden glory.
The 20-year-old said: “A lot of the boys have been speaking about the 2010 final.
“I’m sure the fans have been speaking about it as well.
“It all holds very good memories for them.
“It’s another chance for us to get back to Hampden and if we win on Saturday we will be doing all that we can to make sure that happens.
“I was there at the final in 2010 as I was in the Academy.
“We got a ticket each and I actually went along with Ryan Gauld and his dad.
“We were behind the goal along with the United fans although we didn’t get into the dressing-room afterwards for the celebrations.
“There are still great memories for the boys from that day. Hopefully we can create some more for them this season.”
Fraser added: “We’re looking to create our own piece of history.
“The older boys would have seen it more.
“For us young boys, we just saw the boys do the business in the cup final.
“It must have been a dream to play in it. Now, six years on, we’re looking to do it for ourselves.
“I think you’ve seen over the past two or three seasons there’s been a few chances when we’ve got to semi-finals and cup finals.
“We’ve just haven’t for one reason or another taken that extra step.
“But we’ll go into this game full of belief that we can get back to Hampden and show that this can be our year.”
When it was suggested to Fraser that United have been too inconsistent this season to win a cup, he replied: “That’s probably a fair thing for some people to say.
“But the belief in the changing-room is high especially after the recent run of results which we’ve had, barring Wednesday night’s defeat against Aberdeen.
“We’ve been in really good form.”
One of the United goal-scorers in the 2010 cup final was David Goodwillie, who is currently on loan at Ross County from Aberdeen although he is cup-tied for today’s game.
Fraser admitted the striker was someone the Academy players all wanted to emulate six years ago.
He added: “David Goodwillie was my favourite player.
“I think he was everyone’s favourite at the time.
“Back then, he was the young boy who everyone was aspiring to be, breaking through and scoring a goal in the cup final.
“It was a very good goal as well.
“There were other players like Craig Conway, too, who also went on to win very good moves.
“So it was a good day for the fans and we hope to give them another good one on Saturday.”