A dog whose goalkeeping heroics saved a certain goal, joined Vale of Leven Amateurs in their squad photo on Saturday.
Pooch Rory staked his claim for the number one shirt, as he ran onto the field of play - blocking a shot from Ferguslie Star striker Ross Hamilton as the teams squared up at Argyll Park last week.
The club managed to track down Rory the dog who joined them for a team photo at the weekend which they plan to put in a notable spot.
The clip was uploaded to Twitter on Thursday morning and has since racked up more than 40,000 views.
Meanwhile fed-up Ferguslie Star striker Ross Hamilton – himself a dog owner – joked he may have to “hang up his boots” after the incident.
The IT worker looked certain to score for the Paisley side after homing in on goal with just the keeper to beat.
But the 26-year-old was left gobsmacked when the cheeky off-lead Golden Retriever jumped inside the posts and deflected the ball before it could cross the line.
Despite a team-mate battering it in just seconds later, the goal was disallowed by the referee – bringing about a change of luck for the away side, who had been 2-1 up.
Despite a slightly bruised ego, Ross told how he couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the ball bounce off the dog’s backside.
He joked: “It was just unbelievable. You know you’ve not made it in football when you shoot and a dog blocks your shot. You’re at the bottom level at that point.
“I had actually seen the dog beforehand and I was like ‘oh surely it’s behind the goals or something’.
“I was running through, as you do, concentrating on keeping the ball on target and hoping to finish it and the dog was sort of at the corner of the goal.
“Just as I went to hit it, the dog jumped to the inside of the post.
“I don’t know if it was chasing it’s own ball or something but I had already committed so I just had to hit it and hope it missed the dog. But nope – it caught it right in the backside.
“As soon as it happened, you can understand that there was a bit of outrage, so the guy quickly left with the dog straight after it.
“The referee then took the decision that it was to be a drop ball and cancelled the goal.
“There wasn’t much that could be done – it was a bit of a freak accident.”
Ross, who lives in Paisley with six-year-old Boxer dog Miley, has been blown away by the reaction on social media which left his phone ringing off the hook.
He added: “Because I’ve got a boxer myself, I follow a couple of dog pages on Facebook and saw that it was International Dog Day. You couldn’t make this up.” unbelievably ironic.”
