"Amoruso... Here now is Neil McCann. Is there going to be a twist in the tale? Lovenkrands! Yes there is! Peter Lovenkrands... It had to be him. He has surely won the Scottish Cup for Rangers."

Watch the footage and you hear the words in your head. Read the quote and you can see the action - the cross, the header, the celebrations - in all their history and glory. More than two decades on, the memories are still as vivid for lan Crocker as they are for Rangers supporters.

The ball in from Neil McCann was perfectly weighted and placed. As the fans rose to their feet, Crocker asked his famous question. There was indeed a twist the tale. As Crocker said, it was almost destined to be Peter Lovenkrands on the end of it. He had won the Scottish Cup with seconds to spare.

As the voice of Scottish football on Sky Sports, Crocker has commentated and commented on the most cherished and controversial moments in our game over the last generation. Few are as emotive as the goal that clinched the cup at Hampden in May 2002. Crocker recalls the day with fondness as he provided the backdrop to what he calls a 'proper cup tie and a proper cup final'. It is hard to believe it was as long ago and hard to believe there has not been another Old Firm final in this competition since.

"I knew Neil McCann was going to put in a magnificent cross," Crocker tells the Rangers Review as he reminisced about a match that has stood the test of time ahead of the next Old Firm final this weekend. "You try and think what you might say if this happens or that happens. I used to do it more often in the past and the goals would never quite come or happen as they thought you might so it is better to do it off the cuff.

"A lot of Rangers fans still mention it to this day. I probably said 'Is there going to be a twist in the tale?' about 50-odd times before that and absolutely bugger all happened! I got lucky with that one. It is good that people remember it. It was a classic cup final and although I am not covering it on this occasion I hope we get something similar this time around."

Remember it they do. Lovenkrands does as well and the Dane and Crocker have spoken about it since when the game has reunited them. That header that beat Rab Douglas and beat Celtic was one of the highlights of Lovenkrands' Rangers career and Crocker pinpoints his ability to produce when it mattered, be it in Old Firm showdowns or European encounters.

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In one movement, Lovenkrands nodded the ball down into the deck and then hit the floor, rolling over and getting up as the adrenaline coursed through his veins. He hurdled the advertising boards and headed behind the goal with his arms outstretched, blowing handfuls of kisses to an adoring support. Those Hampden stands have seen better goals scored, but few have resonated as much for their sense of importance to a club and a fan base.

"Lovenkrands was a bit like that, wasn't he? He was a big game player that scored big goals," Crocker says. "When I saw he was in the box, I thought that if McCann got it right, which he usually did, then Rangers had a real chance. Sure enough, it happened. There was no way back obviously for Celtic. I always quote it as one of my favourite games, and I put a Celtic game in as well just to level it up obviously! But it was one of my favourites because I love doing cup finals, I love the one-off, that it was all or nothing there on the day. The league titles are brilliant but cup finals, for me, you can't beat the occasion and the drama. I still say to this day that it was one of the great cup finals and one of the greatest games I have ever covered."

The 2002 final was already a classic of its time before Lovenkrands wrote his name in Hampden folklore. Rangers had won the League Cup with a victory over Ayr United to give Alex McLeish a maiden medal, while Martin O'Neill's side were emphatic champions as they finished 18-points clear of the group that Dick Advocaat handed over. There was class and quality on both sides and four goals were shared before the fifth of the afternoon won it.

Celtic were twice ahead through John Hartson and Bobo Balde. Lovenkrands had cancelled out the first just seconds after it had been scored, while a sublime free-kick from Barry Ferguson was proof that Rangers were still a force to be reckoned with.

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Lovenkrands had shown that throughout the term. He scored in a league defeat at Parkhead in November and was then on target on the night that Bert Konterman became an unlikely derby hero. The title was long gone by the time he scored again in the east end but his brace in Mount Florida enshrined his status amongst the support.

"The 2002 Scottish Cup final winner was a highlight of course because of what it meant to everyone and still does to me, the fans and the club," Lovenkrands says. "It was just a huge moment and is one everybody speaks about all the time. I think the way their team was set up suited me. They changed it years later but most of the time I was up against Johan Mjallby and that suited me because I knew I had him with my pace. I could use my pace to the team's advantage and most of my goals against Celtic were because of my pace, movement and making full use of my speed."

Lovenkrands did not need to sprint away from the Celtic defence to make it 1-1. Instead, he was in the right place at the right time and was able to capitalise when the chance presented itself. The finish was affirmation of his composure and his character and he would stand up to be counted in this fixture for seasons to come as he lifted seven major honours at lbrox.

"My first goal in the 2002 final came at the perfect time because Celtic had just scored," Lovenkrands adds. "We had actually gone down to ten men as Claudio Caniggia got injured and was sitting on the sideline when Barry Ferguson put the ball over the top for me. It was just the perfect timing. I think Chris Sutton and Johan Mjallby messed up and jumped into each other and the ball dropped for me perfectly on my left foot. Out the corner of my eye, I could see Ronald de Boer was looking for me to play a square pass but I looked up and I could also see Rab Douglas was quite far away from his near post. So that's why I thought 'No l'm going to shoot hard and low' and it was a great finish. It was an unbelievable goal to score in such a big game."

The stage is now set for the next instalment in the rivalry and the next shot at glory. As Philippe Clement looks to follow McLeish's example by landing a cup double after a mid-season appointment, one of the Belgian's players has the chance to immortalise himself at Ibrox. Such opportunities do not come along often.

"When you first play in an Old Firm you soon realise it's the biggest derby in the world and that makes you want to do so well in it," Lovenkrands says. "I scored a lot of goals against Celtic but if you don't have a good team behind you providing chances then you can't do it yourself. If you look at a lot of my goals, they came from fantastic individual play. Neil McCann's cross in the final and Barry Ferguson's long pass for my first goal in that game are good examples. Also, Michael Mols in the 2003 League Cup final. That fantastic move he has with his special turn. I knew he was going to do it and ran in behind. Just individual brilliance from special players."

The acclaim is often reserved for those who produce the game-changing and match-winning moments. It is a team effort, though. That was evident for Stephen Kerr as the build-up to his first cup final on the Rangers media staff reached a crescendo and he was given an insight into the men and the methods behind the scenes. He was the fan who was now writing the headlines.

After leaving Radio Clyde around Christmas time, Kerr was set for a move into teaching before an opportunity to work for the club came up. He joined as chief reporter in April 2002, just weeks after the League Cup win over Ayr United, and worked alongside Lindsay Herron, Neil Smith, Emma Dodds and photographer Lynne Cameron. He would go on to lead the Press Office with Carol Patton, savouring those remarkable title wins for McLeish and under Walter Smith, as well as the run to Manchester and every cup triumph in between.

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He jokes that he and Patton had as many medals as Bill Struth during their long association with the club, a stint he still recollects with fondness. May 4, 2002 holds its own place in his heart.

"It is an old cliche but it is right, the atmosphere and the tension just builds the whole week," Kerr tells the Rangers Review. "The Monday and Tuesday you are starting to look ahead to the week and plan. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday there are media events and the captains and managers were at Hampden. You are getting a feel for it. Every back page, and front pages as well, is talking about the final and there was pressure on Eck in his first season. Celtic had already won the title and he had to put a marker down. The whole atmosphere just ramps up and intensifies throughout the week and it gets high and higher and when you get to Hampden it is fever-pitch."

One of Kerr's first tasks was to write the team news story for the official Rangers website. The names of Amoruso, Numan, Ferguson and De Boer still roll off the tongue and the quality of the opposition - especially the likes of Paul Lambert, Stan Petrov and Henrik Larsson - has to be recognised. As Kerr acknowledges, maybe this final was always destined to be a classic given the talent on show. Alongside the big names that carried big reputations, McLeish put his faith in academy graduate Maurice Ross and Kerr recalls rooting for the full-back as he lived the dream.

McLeish was doing the same thing as he led Rangers into an Old Firm final and the camaraderie that he had forged was evident. On and off the park, in private and in front of the cameras, McLeish has always been a gentleman and a classy operator.

"I was really pleased for Alex because he inherited a squad that was talented but wasn't being successful," Kerr says. "He had to pick that dressing room up and to win two cup finals in your first season was huge for him and set him up for the treble in the next season. You wonder what might have happened had they not won that game, had Larsson done that at the other end. Would there have been a hangover for the next season? It was incredible how it worked out."

Any cup final win is always going to be special. To do it like that was even sweeter. As thousands in the Rangers end lost their shape, Kerr the media team had to keep calm and carry on.

"You are sitting in the press box and Celtic take the lead and you think ‘Oh, here we go’ and it was a test for Rangers in that moment,” Kerr continues. “Then Peter scored to make it 1-1 and when Celtic go 2-1 ahead you are just looking for inspiration. Barry hits that incredible free-kick, it is some strike and, for me, up there with Davie Cooper’s. What a strike at a crucial moment. You are working on your report, almost waiting for extra-time, and then Neil McCann, who made a career out of dancing by people, put in the most amazing delivery with that left foot. And there was Peter. He had a real habit of scoring in the big games and against Celtic. What a way to win it. One half of the stadium is going mental, the other half knows that it is because it was the last kick of the ball.”

That contrast was evident for Crocker, too. A look to his left saw scenes of wild celebrations and a concoction of emotions. To the right, there was only utter dejection. The next 90 minutes will determine which set of fans heads for home first.

"It always amazes me, having been at that one and been at League Cup Old Firm finals since, how quickly the losing end empties, Crocker says. " It must a world record for getting that many people out of a stadium. Literally, a couple of minutes and that is it, everyone is away. It is always unique with that backdrop. A great occasion and just amazing that it hasn't happened in the Scottish Cup for so long."

The first few pars of the match report, filed as close to the whistle as possible, conveyed the achievement and the elation, while Cameron snapped the shots that spoke thousands of words. This was not the social media age but it was a time of online evolution and the media team worked across platforms to service the website, Rangers World and the Rangers News.

"It was a privilege and an honour to be at these games and to work for the club as long as I did," Kerr adds. "As soon as the whistle went, you had to race down to the trackside to do your interviews. You get down, get your bib on and film the flash interviews while the players are celebrating and the fans are singing. It was amazing. For that to be my first final for the club, it didn't get any better. The game had everything - great goals, great players, an atmosphere that was out of this world. To win it like that was incredible. You had to hoover up interviews on the track, get back to your desk to do the quotes and write the stories and also edit the video recorded as live. You are under pressure."

One by one, the rows emptied and the players headed up the tunnel. The hard work had been done but they still had duties to perform in the press conference and mixed zone inside the national stadium. By the time the media team arrived back at Ibrox, thousands were in situ toasting their Hampden heroes and Kerr recalls fighting his way through the sea of blue to ensure he could finish his to-do list for the day.

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The next hour or so was the last time that McLeish and his players would spend at the club until the new campaign. In between songs of celebration and the odd beer or two, interviews looking back and looking forward were conducted. Those that spoke about winning the treble had Kerr privately questioning them but history, of course, shows that he was wrong to doubt what they could go on to achieve.

"The guys in that squad were great and were all good with the press," Kerr continues. "Arthur Numan was great to deal with, Ronald de Boer was a consummate pro, Neil McCann was brilliant, Lovenkrands was obviously on cloud nine. It was great. I spoke to Maurice Ross in the foyer in the Main Stand just before they were all about to leave. That was the last time we saw them until pre-season. The magnitude of what they had done hadn't really sunk in yet. They had come up against a really strong Celtic side that had won the league and dominated the season before, which was why Alex had been appointed. You were pleased for Alex and Andy Watson and all the staff behind the scenes as well.

"There was a real togetherness in the squad and the staff, many of whom had been there for years and years. I was the new boy, but it was great. You saw the likes of Sandy, God rest his soul, around the club and this was before Walter and Ally came back. I had been at the games as a fan and then working in a professional capacity at Radio Clyde. When you are actually there and behind the scenes and part of it, they are just great memories and something I will never forget. I have got great memories, there were a lot of wonderful people that are friends for life. I wouldn't have changed it for the world." 

Those who can remember that day at Hampden wouldn't change it either.