When fans recall the famous Celtic team of '98, back come flooding images of Henrik Larsson 's dreadlocks, Craig Burley's toothless grin and the great Wim Jansen holding the title aloft.
It was a side packed full of heroes both homegrown and plucked from afar, which stopped the unthinkable becoming reality by halting Rangers' seemingly unstoppable march to 10 In A Row.
While the likes of Tom Boyd had been fighting that particular fight for years on end, others arrived late to the party.
But that doesn't mean they moved on without making a considerable impression.
Take Enrico Annoni, a versatile Italian defender brought to Glasgow by Tommy Burns a year previous who quickly realised just what was at stake.
Annoni's stay at Celtic Park was relatively brief but enough to ensure he's still fondly remembered to this day.
But what has he been up to since?
As our Scottish football cult heroes series continues, we take a look back at Annoni's Parkhead career and caught up with the man himself in the process.
How did he end up in Scotland?
Annoni had spent his entire career in Italy, with humble beginnings at Serie D club Seregno before rising all the way to the top-flight with Roma.
But as his 31st birthday approached, he decided it was time for a change.
Annoni said: "My transfer took place because I wanted to discover a football game different from the Italian one, and at that time they called and asked me if I would like to move to Scotland in the Celtic team. I took two days to talk about it with my family and then I accepted."
Annoni recalls being greeted by Burns and Paolo di Canio upon touching down in Glasgow and being immediately taken by Burns' "passion" for the club.
With Celtic in the midst of a battle to stop Rangers winning 10 In A Row, it didn't take the defender long to realise what he'd signed up for.
"First of all I was truly honored to have worn the glorious Celtic shirt," Annoni said. "Then it certainly made me really happy to have contributed to 'Stopping the 10'.
"Before arriving in Scotland I didn't know about all this importance, but after a few days of the championship I immediately realised how important it was to stop Rangers that year!"
Why did the fans love him so much?
Celtic under Burns had earned a reputation as an exciting attacking outfit, quite capable of blowing any team away, but that they lacked steel and grit at the opposite end.
Burns described Annoni as "nothing flash" but with all the attributes to shore up his backline a section of the Parkhead support quickly took him to their hearts.
With his shaved head and sharp goatee, he was an instantly recognisable player even before taking to wearing Celtic gloves and odd boots - one green, one white - on the pitch.
Burns was correct in his assessment there were no frills to Annoni's game but he brought a strength and boundless enthusiasm to a side that eventually outlasted Rangers to take the title and halt the 10 in 1997/98.
He'd earned the nickname "Tarzan" in Italy and it proved a fitting moniker for an all-action player.
What moment cemented his cult hero status?
It's not really cheating to say "Stopping the 10" in the sense Celtic fans remember this as a special moment in time and one that helped propel the club back to bigger and better things.
Annoni is also fondly remembered for man-marking Brian Laudrup out of a hugely important derby win over Rangers in early 1998, a display that typified what he was all about.
He was also in the starting line-up on the historic afternoon Celtic clinched the title, beating St Johnstone 2-0 after passing up the chance to win it the previous week at Dunfermline.
Not only was it on occasion supporters have returned to again and again, it's seemingly created a lasting bond between the players who made it happen.
Annoni said: "Thanks to social media I keep in touch with Henrik Larsson, Simon Donnelly, Jackie McNamara, and Regi Blinker."
Where did he go after Celtic?
Annoni departed Glasgow in 1999 and that proved to be the end of his playing career.
He took an all-too brief foray into coaching when named as Dario Marcolin's assistant at Serie B outfit Padova, an adventure that lasted just two months.
Instead, Annoni has used retirement to pursue his "super passions" away from football, namely motorcycles and tennis.
He said: "Now I have fun with my two super passions, the first is motorcycles, I also participated as a rider in various races. The second is tennis, where I consider myself very good."
A quick glance over Annoni's social media confirms the above - a recent snap puts him at a Dubai racing track, another at a tennis club in his homeland.
And does he still follow the club?
"I keep myself updated via Twitter, and sometimes on TV with Sky," Annoni said.
It means he can't have failed to notice the sweeping changes and rapidly building momentum under Ange Postecoglou?
"I don't know him in person, but from what I see as results he seems to me a good coach."
A no nonsense verdict from a no nonsense footballer.
