There's a mesmeric quality to this story of '78, a legend of how a man and a country lost the run of itself, writes .

There was no open-top bus at Hampden. There was no sign of Andy Cameron clutching a mic and leading the chorus. Scotland didn’t depart the scene with promises of returning with the Jules Rimet Trophy ...

As the next tartan-clad invader raced across the surface and attempted to mount the Wembley goalposts, the crossbar bent and finally broke. It was to be the only thing which came crashing down ...