No stranger to the drama of do-or-die battles, Brian Welsh discovered family loyalties to be a stronger lure than glory when asked to come to the aid of Cowdenbeath's Division Three promotion quest.
The Fife club need just a point from this afternoon's match against Brechin City to clinch promotion.
And, in short-term signing Welsh - the son-in-law of chairman Gordon McDougall - the Central Park club have a player well versed in the requirements of the big occasion. It was in 1995 that the former Dundee United defender's strike clinched the extra-time period the Tannadice club required to overcome Partick Thistle in a nerve- wracking Premier Division play-off.
Now, after a seven-month injury-enforced lay-off, Welsh - who plans to return to Iceland for a second spell at the end of the season - is banking on just his second game in seven months ending in a family celebration.
Gala evenings have been in short supply in the Fife town in recent years but Welsh admits: 'It's a big game for us. I was there as a spectator the last time the club got promotion, because my father-in-law is the chairman.
'I had an operation five weeks ago and he came in one night saying it might be handy for me to help the club out as a favour in the last couple of games.
'I was lying on the settee with my feet up when I signed in the short-term in order to help out with a few suspensions. Now it all comes down to this game.
Accustomed to tense dogfights during a rollercoaster spell at Tannadice, Welsh clearly recalls the moment for which he is most often remembered, a skilful finish to a move which effectively condemned Partick Thistle to relegation.
'I scored in the last minute to take the game into extra time. We were staying in the First Division otherwise. I had a habit at that time of popping up at the last minute to scramble something.
'I can't remember rightly if Roddy Grant, who has been banging them in for Brechin, was playing for Thistle at the time but I've played against him plenty of times and know what to expect. He's broken my nose in the past.
'I'm not the only one in the side with experience of games like these - John Martin and Keith Wright have been around a bit as well. But for some of the young lads at the club, this really is their cup final.'
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