Dave Smith, a former Aberdeen and Rangers star and proprietor of the Salutation Inn in Montrose, has received a Scottish international "cap" 40 years after he first pulled on the dark blue shirt of his country.
Dave, who played for Aberdeen and Rangers, represented Scotland against Holland, in season 1965-66 and again in 1967-68, but in those days, caps were only awarded for appearances in the Home International Championship.
The Scottish Football Association were persuaded that those who played in internationals against other countries should get recognition as well and this has led to a number of stars of yesteryear being awared caps retrospectively.
Dave Smith was born in Aberdeen and signed for his home town team in 1960 at the age of 17.
The central defender spent six seasons at Pittodrie, then was transferred to Rangers in August 1966 for £50,000 which was at that time a record fee between two Scottish Clubs.
Dave's first Scotland appearance was as an Aberdeen player, a 3-0 defeat at Hampden and his second, 0-0 in Amsterdam, came after his move to Rangers.
The highlight of his eight years at Ibrox was being part of the team that won the Cup Winners Cup in 1972, when Rangers beat Moscow Dynamo 3-2 in the final in Barcelona.
Dave actually played in two Cup Winners Cup finals as he was part of the Gers side that went all the way to the final in 1967, before losing 1-0 after extra-time to Bayern Munich in Nuremburg.
Dave was captain of Rangers as they took revenge over Bayern Munich in the semi-final of 1972, but John Greig returned from injury to resume as skipper for the final.
Two broken legs kept Dave out of a couple of cup final teams, but he was part of the Rangers side that won the Centenary Scottish Cup final in 1973, beating Celtic 3-2.
He was chosen as Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1972.
On leaving Rangers, Dave played for Arbroath for six months as he was friendly with the then manager Albert Henderson. He then went abroad to play in both South Africa and the USA.
On his return to Scotland, he was player-manager of Berwick Rangers for five seasons, from 76-77 to 80-81 and led them to the only honour in their history, the Second Division title in 1978.
After brief spells as a player with both Meadowbank and Hamilton, Dave switched to the Highland League and was player-manager at Huntly and Peterhead.
He was still playing at almost 40 years of age, before leaving Peterhead in 1983.
Dave and his wife Sheila took over the Salutation in October last year, their first venture into the licenced trade.
He says he is delighted to have his cap as a memento of playing for Scotland, but he tends to play down his football past and there are no pictures from his playing days on the walls of the pub.
Dave isn't envious of the huge sums of money the stars of today are paid.
"Money was never an issue with me. When I signed for Rangers I never even spoke about terms. Scott Symon (the manager) said I would be looked after and that was enough for me."
Dave still watches Rangers regularly. The Fraserburgh branch of the Rangers Supporters' Club is named the Dave Smith Loyal in his honour and the Fraserburgh lads call in on their way south to matches and he goes with them on their bus.
Dave comes from a footballing family. His elder brother Doug played at centre-half for Dundee United. He went on to become chairman of the club and was President of the Scottish Football League. Another brother, Hugh, played part-time with Forfar and Morton.