Hicham Zerouali took the pass on his right foot, brought the bobbling ball to a standstill, glanced up and let rip with his left. From 30 yards his final goal for Aberdeen, at Rugby Park in December 2001, cracked off the crossbar and into the Kilmarnock net. Much like his first in January 2000, a free kick with his right from even farther out that found the top corner against St Mirren, it was spectacular, spontaneous and encapsulated everything that the Moroccan with a penchant for the extravagant was about.

Thursday marks 15 years since Zerouali’s life was brought to an end when he died in a car crash at the age of 27 in his homeland. Mere days beforehand, he had scored for FAR