Rangers hero Graeme Souness admits he has sympathy for Jim Goodwin after Aberdeen's shock defeat to Darvel this week.
The Pittodrie club crashed out of the Scottish Cup on Monday night after losing 1-0 to the sixth tier side.
It has been regarded as one of the biggest upsets in Scottish football history.
It's left Goodwin's position at the helm of the Dons hanging by a thread ahead of today's 'El Sackico' game against Hibs at Easter Road.
And Souness admits he knows just how damaging a cup shocker can be.
In 1987, he suffered one of his worst results as a manager when Hamilton Accies defeated Rangers in the same competition at Ibrox.
Souness wrote for the Daily Mail: "The 'Darvel disaster' is what they are calling Aberdeen's 1-0 defeat this week by a West of Scotland League team, five divisions below them, and I can certainly empathise with the beaten team in that Scottish Cup tie.
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"It is 36 years this weekend since my Rangers team lost 1-0 to Hamilton Academical in a Cup tie at Ibrox and that result was still being celebrated with 30th anniversary pieces, six years ago! We actually didn't play at all badly but it was just one of those freakish days.
"Their goalkeeper, David McKellar, had an extraordinary game and we even ended up signing him a few years later, when my assistant Walter Smith had become manager. I recall the pitch wasn't at its best in the depths of winter, either. But none of that matters now.
"The day belonged to a lad called Adrian Sprott, who scored their goal and was being paid £50 a week to play at the time. This is why we love cup competitions."
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