By the time Alex McLeish made his World Cup debut at Spain in 1982, he had won the Premier Division and Scottish Cup with Aberdeen, made no fewer than 15 appearances for Scotland and played his part in a victory over England at Wembley.
Yet, being in a squad with the likes of Steve Archibald, Alan Brazil, Kenny Dalglish, Allan Evans, Frank Gray, Alan Hansen, Asa Hartford, Joe Jordan, John Robertson, Graeme Souness and John Wark at those finals still left him a little awestruck.