To a technology of Ayr United followers, Ryan Stevenson will stay one of many best gamers to tug on a black and white shirt.
The mercurial expertise loved 4 spells as an Sincere Man throughout a profession which additionally took within the likes of Ipswich and Hearts.
But it surely was all the time at Somerset, the place Stevo had grown up a United supporter, that the bond was strongest.
As he prepares to return this Friday evening for a particular night reflecting on his profession, the player-turned-manager confesses nothing would give him better pleasure than seeing Ayr hit the Premier League heights.
And he reckons now may be the time for the celebrities to align.
Stevo instructed the Ayrshire Put up: "A lot is made of what is taking place at Somerset off the park simply now. And naturally that's very important, no matter what measurement of membership you're.
"However you additionally must get it proper on the park and the actual indicators are there that Lee Bullen and his workers are on to one thing.
"I've all the time maintained that there isn't any purpose the likes of St Mirren, Livingston and Kilmarnock needs to be up within the Premier League with out Ayr.
"Ask anybody who is aware of what this membership has to supply and so they'll inform you a similar."
Stevo grew to become synoymous together with his boyhood membership after a mortgage transfer from St Johnstone in 2006 was finally turned everlasting.
He remembers: "The 2 Roberts (Connor and Reilly) performed an enormous half in my profession. They took me at a time after I was most likely in peril of drifting at St Johnstone.
"I might have carried out okay with out setting the world alight there, however coming to Ayr was the making of me. It gave me a stage and I beloved each second of it."
Stevenson wrote himself into United folklore by scoring the aim that gained promotion at Airdrie within the First Division play-off closing of 2009.
And a string of different beautiful strikes - together with that well-known mazy run and end in opposition to Alloa - are nonetheless replayed and remembered by followers to today.
"That workforce was particular and we've all remained agency associates to today," he smiles.
"We've a Whatsapp group and attempt to meet up a minimum of yearly - the recollections we made collectively will final a lifetime.
"As a membership it was a incredible place to be round. We had been actually tight knit and I can depend the likes of the gaffer (Brian Reid) and chairman (Lachlan Cameron) as associates for all times.
"I've now obtained Mark Roberts as my assistant supervisor at Glenafton and having somebody like that who I can belief has been invaluable."
Stevo, 38, added: "I might love nothing greater than to see Ayr stand up the place they belong. Can they do it? I do not see why not.
"There shall be bumps within the highway and with success will come curiosity within the high gamers and supervisor.
"However the infrastructure is clearly there now. That is to not criticise what went earlier than with the earlier chairman, as a result of he was an unbelievable man who put his coronary heart into that membership and he is aware of how a lot I really like him.
"Typically it simply wants a contemporary have a look at issues and clearly the temper across the membership and group as a complete now could be actually shifting in the appropriate path, so lengthy might that proceed."
An Night with Ryan Stevenson takes place this Friday evening at Cameron's Bar - 7pm for 7.30pm begin. Tickets are priced £10 from HERE.