Should Ross County emerge victorious on Sunday one man deserves to savour the moment more than anyone else and that’s Roy MacGregor.
The Staggies chairman has been the driving force since the club was admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1994 and the journey, along with that of Highland neighbours Caley Thistle, has been one of Scottish football’s most endearing stories of the past 20 years.
I regard Roy as one of our game’s leading lights and I know from working with him he is a man of great substance and character and someone for who I have the utmost respect.
As I’ve said before, there are not too many chairmen who can sack a manager yet remain good friends, but that is the relationship we have.
Every decision he has taken has been with the interests of his club at heart and he has seldom shied away from making difficult decisions.
It was a big call on his part to decide to make a change of manager in 2014 when he told manager Derek Adams and George Adams, the director of football at Victoria Park, that the time was right for a change.
With County in the League Cup final, competing for a top-six berth and building for the long term, the building blocks have been put in place to ensure the club can thrive in the future.
The Staggies came close in 2010 when, like this season, they beat favourites Celtic in a semi-final to secure a cup final place.
They ultimately came up short against an excellent Dundee United but six years on the County team is an experienced and established one.
I expect them to handle the occasion far better than they did in 2010.
The future is bright for the club but with every journey comes that first step and winning a national cup final is the new challenge.
Jim McIntyre has said he wants to win the cup to repay the backing of his chairman, and I can only echo that sentiment. It would be a fitting way for everyone associated with the club to show their appreciation for what he has done, not just for Ross County but for the area.