So what if it was Raith Rovers, not Bayern Munich we were up against? Who cares if it was Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy rather than the Nou Camp, Barcelona that was to provide the setting for this remarkable game? Does it matter that Manchester United had to make do without Roy Keane and Paul Scholes through bans, while we only had Tommy Turner suspended? The main difference is Man U had most of the game to turn things around and chose to leave it late. Wearing rather similar red and white stripes to Sir Alex's mob, we had just five minutes.
After the fine draw the previous week against Dunfermline Athletic, it was back to Fife for a game against another of our title rivals. And let's be honest, no one is too bothered about the first 80 minutes or so of this one.
The game sparked into life with 11 minutes to go when Raith had Jean-Phillipe Javary sent off for his second booking, which I seem to remember was for spitting at Ryan Robinson. Despite that, Raith took the lead with just five minutes left, Paul Tosh latching onto a through ball from future Celtic player Didier Agathe to fire the ball past Ludovic Roy.
That should have been that - but it wasn't. I wasn't there, but can still remember trying to follow the events on Soccer Saturday - which was a bit behind Radio Scotland. The first I knew of any of the goals was from my brother, who had the radio on upstairs.
Shortly after he glumly informed me of Raith's goal, I heard a cheer. I burst upstairs to be told that Mark Yardley had equalised with a few minutes left. Turned out Guido Van de Kamp had, not for the first time, made a mess of things and Yards had pounced to prod the ball home.
I trotted back down stairs to be greeted of news of Raith's goal by Jeff Stelling (lightning strike goal service my bum!). I had just sat back down before I heard another, louder cheer. I ran upstairs again, but before I got there I could hear my brother going mental, having heard the news that Junior Mendes had put us in front.
It was a truly unbelievable turn of events. Ignoring calls to put the ball out of play for an injured Raith player to be injured, Junior picked up the ball on the left touchline, cut inside and unleashed a rocket of a shot that flew past Van de Kamp, right in front of the disbelieving Saints support. There was bedlam, pandemonium and ecstasy rolled into one as the travelling Buddies celebrated the incredible turnaround.
Recently, we've been managing to grab defeats from the jaws of victories. That day in February 2000 was the opposite. When the full time whistle went, there were huge cries of "We shall not be moved" and after that ending, who could argue?