Mark Wilson once scored the winning goal to settle an ill-tempered Old Firm game - but no-one remembers.

It was a night of infamy with Neil Lennon, then Celtic manager, and Ally McCoist, then Ibrox assistant to Walter Smith going for one another, while El-Hadji Diouf had noised up most of the stadium before being sent-off - as was Madjid Bougherra.

There was a political inquest called after yet another match between the teams dubbed the 'night of shame' with Wilson's winner fading into the background.

“Nobody remembers my goal," said Wilson. "I remember it! It did get overlooked because of what was going on at that time. Everything was blown out of proportion regarding Ally and Neil that night. Then you had Diouf and Bougherra. There was all sorts going on.

“We had summits after the game, so no wonder nobody remembers the goal. I don’t blame them. Everyone was in shock.

“I thought I was about to be ‘the man’. I couldn’t wait to see my picture on the back page but I had to turn 17 pages inside to find it.

“The game was discussed in Holyrood and places like that but it was a great game to be involved in.

“It was a different atmosphere for that game as things were starting to boil over with rivalries on and off the pitch. It was intense and luckily we went on to win the game and went on to win the cup that year so I can say I contributed to that in some small way.

“It was a weird game. There were seven games that season and a lot of them were overlooked but it was great having them one after another."

Wilson is another who subscribes to the theory that the landscape of the Scottish game is enhanced with regular meetings between the teams.

“People were starting to say they were fed up with this fixture but it now gone completely the other way," he said.

“People would happily take seven a year now.

“It was a great night for me so I remembered it. It’s something I’ll remember for the rest of my days.

“I was lucky enough to do it but if nobody remembers it then that’s fine by me."

And Wilson has admitted that the on-field drama is what brings everyone out to watch the fixture.

“We would all like to see fireworks, we are dying to see that, myself included," smiled Wilson.

“You hope it’s in the right way and not one of these horrible encounters where players start brawling on the pitch, the WWE stuff. You hope it’s hard and fair tackles with the two of them enjoying going up against each other.

“You hope it’s not ugly where someone goes over the top with the type of tackle we saw at Kilmarnock on Joey Barton. I hope it’s a good, fiery encounter and that Scott Brown comes out on top.

“If he does then he can say he has backed it up on the pitch and that’s what he’s done throughout his career."