Heartbroken Graeme Souness admits he was holding back tears when Harry Kane's last-gasp header hit the net to break Scottish hearts and deny a famous win over the Auld Enemy in 2017.
The 54-times capped Tartan Army hero has conceded he was reaching for the hankies moments after Leigh Griffiths' deadly double that had Hampden ready to explode.
Souness was working for Sky Sports that day and the Liverpool icon could barely watch as then Celtic star Stuart Armstrong gifted the ball away with only 90 seconds of added time remaining.
Tottenham hero Kane did the rest as Gordon Strachan's side would miss out on a World Cup 2018 playoff berth on goal difference.
And Souness admits he's unsure if it was the final exchanges or where he was sitting inside the national stadium that evoked such a strong reaction.
Speaking on the Football Show, the Scottish football legend said: "I'm sorry to put it on the poor lad Armstrong but if he had chosen the simple pass we would still be celebrating now, or I would still be celebrating now.
"I remember I had tears in my eyes that day, I don't know if it's because we were doing commentary from the Celtic end or we nearly beat the Auld Enemy.
"It was a near miss for us."
And his long-term Jamie Redknapp also recalled the emotional impact the result had on the 67-year-old as the chance to down the Three Lions slipped away.
He said: "Graeme's right, I was just about to say, seeing Graeme Souness cry was very distressing to be honest.
"There's a number of things I remember about that day but it was the atmosphere.
"When Scotland scored the second free kick I honestly thought the roof was going to come off the stadium, it was incredible.
"I remember playing there in the playoffs for Euro 2000 when Paul Scholes scored twice and the atmosphere at Hampden, there's nothing like it.
"It is something to behold to go and watch a game there, or to play a game there. There are certain stadiums where it's so hard to hear anyone.
"Every time you had the ball it was this incredible wall of noise, it was an incredible place to play."
