Derek McInnes is desperate to give Kilmarnock fans their first trip to Hampden in almost 11 years.
Should they overcome Dundee United in tonight's Premier Sports Cup quarter-final at Rugby Park, the semis in January will fall just shy of 11 years since the club won the cup back in March 2012.
But McInnes won't get ahead of himself as he gets his side set to take on a United team who've picked up form in recent weeks.
The Rugby Park gaffer said: "Whoever we play, if we can get through both ourselves and Dundee United will see it as a real opportunity to put ourselves on that stage, a semi final, probably 50,000 at Hampden, I want the players to experience that, I want to experience that again.
"We’re going to have to deal with the first things first, there will be two sets of players equally determined to make it there.
"We’ve just got to make sure we do our job as best we can and make sure it’s us. I'm looking forward to the tie, I think we're in a decent place.
"I know we've got a strong home record, I know the supporters will respond to the players’ efforts."
On his impressive cup record as a manager, McInnes said: "We just try and see the bigger picture. We always try and see the importance of a god cup run.
"At most of the clubs I’ve worked at, cups have offered the best chance of success.
"The financial rewards are clear. But it can also bring a real feelgood factor to the club.
"But we’ve got work to do against Dundee United. They’re actually in even better form than us at the moment.2
He added: "We practise penalties before every cup tie. I just think it’s the right thing to do.
"In a shootout, it presents the scenario where players who don’t ordinarily take penalties are having to step up.
"We try and encourage the players. Every player takes at least a couple of penalties in training the day before the game.
"We do it properly and try and visualise it. The players will make the walk from the halfway line. It’s important to try and replicate it as much as you can.
"Even going back to my time at Aberdeen and the final we won, we practise penalties for two or three days beforehand.
"We were very confident once it got to that stage. Five penalties out of five ended up winning us the cup."
McInnes will be without Fraser Murray, Liam Donnelly and likely Blair Alston tonight, along with long-term absentee Scott Robinson.
Defender Ash Taylor added: “It's 10 years since the club has been at Hampden, we’re all looking to put that right. It’s a great opportunity for us to go and do that and have really good day out for the whole club by getting to the semi-final.
“The pictures of that cup win does inspire us, we see them and fans also let us know about it as well, those memories.
“We obviously want to create a bit of history ourselves and have that to look back on when we do all finish our careers.
“It’s always fond memories when you do look back and hopefully we can take the opportunity to get to the semi-final.
“When I walked in this morning and some fella was walking his dog and he mentioned it then, he saw those times.
“It is nice to hear the fans talk about it and hopefully we can reward them with a good performance to take us there."
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