We all have various reasons for adopting our cult heroes. It could be your team’s first international signing. Perhaps your cult hero is the manager who ended a long wait for silverware. Maybe your hero just had a great name or a great hairdo.
Does your Scottish football cult hero feature below?
Cult hero: Theo Snelders
Did Aberdeen have any idea just how good the Tom Cruise look-a-like would turn out to be when they signed him from Twente Enschede?
Cult hero: Alexei Mikhailichenko
Rangers’ Ukrainian international ticks the cult hero boxes for his skill and exotic name.
Cult hero: Ivan Golac
What’s the opposite of Jim McLean? Ivan Golac is your answer. Relive a crazy spell in Dundee United’s history.
Cult hero: Gudmundur Torfason
For St Mirren fans of a certain age, one man’s name is guaranteed to set their hearts aflutter.
Cult hero: Dougie Arnott
Dougie Arnott – ‘the Hammer of the Old Firm’ – is one of Motherwell FC’s all time greats, and a true Scottish football cult hero.
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