Steve Archibald travelled a road that led from Rutherglen to Las Ramblas and has nothing but admiration for any Scottish kid who packs his passport in his kit bag and decides his career lies beyond these shores.
A playing career that took the striker from Clyde to Barcelona, via Aberdeen and Spurs, then brought him back home to Hibs, will be revisited next week when Archibald makes the trip from his home in the Catalan capital to the Granite City and Edinburgh for a couple of Q&A events with supporters.
Now 65, Archibald doesn’t do many public appearances these days but time and distance has not dimmed his interest in Scottish football. Far from it.
