On 81 minutes at Ibrox a scene unfolded - never before seen in football history.
Steven Gerrard, decorated legend of Liverpool, stepped onto the pitch to face his beloved former club for the first time ever, wearing the deep blue of the Rangers side he now manages.
Sporting his iconic No.8 shirt, the unfamiliarity was not lost on the 39-year-old, who received playful boos from the crowd. The game, however, was tightly poised yet falling in favour of the legends hailing from Merseyside.
Five minutes in and Gary Neville - watching from afar - was perhaps rubbing his hands, savouring the opportunity to pin up colleague Jamie Carragher in the Sky Sports studio and grill him on why a penalty was given away after just five minutes.
Carragher, ever the competitor, shook his head in dismay as the man he had hacked down, Kris Boyd, stepped up 12-yards out.
The former Gers talisman knew the drill so well. Ball on the spot, brief run up, ball in the back of the net. However, not on this occasion. Whether ring-rust or nerves, Boyd stepped up and slotted the ball completely the wrong side of the left post, offering a sheepish grin thereafter.
As the crowd picked up in spirits, it was the visitors who would break the deadlock just moments later.
Swift link-up on the right saw a deeper-lying Jermaine Pennant slide a pass down the line to Dirk Kuyt whose engines, as ever, were burning.
The Dutchman whipped a low cross to the back post, for diminutive Spaniard to finish off with aplomb courtesy of a precision diving header.
If Steven Gerrard needed to prove to anybody in Glasgow he still has it, the evidence was soon to arrive. Seats began to flap shut as fans took to their feet, watching Gerrard drive from central midfield on the counter attack with nimble footwork.
Drawing in defenders, the current Rangers boss slotted in Garcia on the right, whose immediate cut-back caught many off guard. Eyes darted across the area as the ball dropped to the feet of Patrick Burger, whose open side-foot had already begun crafting the ball into the bottom corner to double the margin.
Boyd's redemption however would arrive, courtesy of an arcing Lee McCulloch pass with the outside of the foot. Played through one-on-one with Jerzy Dudek, the big striker was in no mood to make another mistake.
Prising open the floodgate, the goals began to pour. Nostalgia tinged the Glaswegian air as Gerrard flicked on the afterburners to drive upfield, before off-loading a disguised pass to fans' favourite Emile Heskey.
Rolling back the years, the powerful forward executed an effortless chip, rendering goalkeeper Neil Alexander redundant before peeling away with the iconic 'DJ celebration,' much to Ibrox's delight.
Pin-ball football is always likely to ring in goals, and moments later Rangers' smattering possession around the opposition box yielded results. Sasa Papic lofted a deep ball to the willing forehead of Boyd.
A cushioned pass across to Peter Lovenkrands and the ball was soon rifled, with a right-footed volley, safely into the net from close range.
As the fixture ebbed out it's final moments, cries for Gerrard to strike a trademark screamer grew louder.
Whether fate, or the cheek of tough-tackling Alex Rae, a final opportunity was pinched from the toe of the main man with Gerrard denied the chance to score against his former employers.
Such feats, perhaps, are better left unrecorded.
All proceeds raised in the tie went towards the Rangers Charity foundation and the LFC Foundation.