Scottish Cup: A year on, what is the legacy of Darvel shocking Aberdeen?

As the Scottish Cup fourth-round rolled back around last weekend, all the questions of Aberdeen asked if they could banish their Darvel demons. They saw off League 2 Clyde in front of the BBC cameras, but a blow of the magnitude suffered a year ago will stick with them for some time yet.

Kennedy and Gall, two men at the heart of that marvellous result, have seen plenty of change in the world’s latest lap around the sun. No matter how much time passes by, this particular square in the calendar will always be theirs – Darvel’s day.

“It’ll be a long time before it’s surpassed I think,” Kennedy said. “Simply because of the level, size and history of Aberdeen. There’s a significant distance between the clubs in every sense. It will take a long, long time for that night to be beat.”

Gall added: “With the hype about Aberdeen, Mick left the club to move on to East Kilbride. Then a lot of the players have left the club, there’s only about three or four left.

“This is maybe a new story for the club, but I’m quite sure that there will be a saying in Scottish football now when there’s a potential upset, ‘can they do a Darvel?’

“Nobody can take that away for us. That will be here. That will be forever.”