The sound of the theme tune to the Magnificent Seven ringing out used to bring a tear to the Aberdeen supporters’ eyes.
After all, it usually followed yet another Henrik Larsson goal for Celtic.
But if the stadium announcer at Pittodrie plays out the famous Western tune tomorrow night it will be greeted with smiles all round as it will mean the Dons have won an unprecedented seventh straight game at the start of the campaign.
This is uncharted territory for all Dons fans with the club’s remarkable win against Celtic on Saturday putting Derek McInnes’ squad in the history books as the first Aberdeen team to win their opening six league games.
That the record breaking win should come against the league champions and the team who single-handedly extinguished Aberdeen’s title challenge last season made it all the more sweeter.
The Dons proved they were the best of the rest last season but the four defeats to Ronny Deila’s men has been a gaping wound which has refused to heal until Saturday’s day of drama.
McInnes admitted as much in his post-match interview where the details of his half-time team talk to his players, who were trailing 1-0, was revealed.
The manager was all too aware the ‘plucky Dons fall short again’ headlines were being prepared by the watching media and the only people who could change the story were sitting in front of him.
Well change it they did, and how.
The Aberdeen team which had competed well but been wasteful in front of goal in the first half, emerged as a group of men on a mission, deservedly drawing level through Adam Rooney’s penalty.
The red card shown to Jonny Hayes, however, was supposed to change this story back to its usual ending but the Dons players were not be denied and one moment of poor defending and indecisive goalkeeping allowed Paul Quinn to ghost in unmarked and emerge the surprise match winner.
It was a sickening blow to the Hoops, eerily similar to the one McInnes and his players suffered at Pittodrie last season when Virgil van Dijk scored a late winner in similar circumstances for his side, who had been reduced to 10 men following Scott Brown’s red card.
One team, pushing for a winner, caught with a sucker punch. It happened again on Saturday, only this time it was the men in green and white who were left reeling.
The sight of McInnes scampering down the tunnel at the full time whistle was a deliberate move on the manager’s part. His players had dug deep to produce a stunning win against the odds and he wanted them to revel in the acclaim.
Despite the fact he orchestrated the win McInnes knew it was’t a day for the manager’s name to be chanted at Pittodrie; this was his players’ moment and he wanted them to soak up every second of it, breathe it in, and most importantly, develop that need to feel it again.
Whether the Dons’ dramatic win will lead to a seismic shift in a title race which is only midway through September remains to be seen, but for the Red Army, and the neutrals for that matter, how refreshing is it to see a non-Old Firm team top of the table at any point in the campaign?
Aberdeen will try to extend their lead at the top to five points tomorrow against Hamilton Accies but it is how Celtic respond that is piquing the interest of the casual supporter.
With each point the Dons can put between themselves the Hoops, the larger the magnifying glass will focus on Parkhead and Deila, who is already shifting uncomfortably as the grumblings of discontent begin to fester among his support.
Celtic are in the unusual position of playing catch-up already and have the added distraction of a trip to Amsterdam to play Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday.
While the Hoops rack up the miles, it’s vital the Dons rack up the points. It’s time to make hay while the sun shines for Aberdeen and McInnes and his players know it.