Just over 20 years ago there were no Hollywood A-listers in Wrexham, but a star was born there.
Wednesday marks two decades since Wayne Rooney emerged into all of our lives with that unforgettable late winner for Everton against Arsenal.
We were told to "remember the name" and that we did, with the teenage tyro becoming the Premier League's youngest ever goalscorer five days short of his 17th birthday.
It is a goal that is burned into the retinas of those of a certain vintage, with Rooney displaying what would become a trademark swagger as he cracked a curling shot past the despairing dive of David Seaman, the ball thudding off the crossbar then down and into the roof of the net in stoppage time.
But for those in the know it wasn't a first introduction to the man who would go on to be Manchester United and England's record goalscorer.
After excelling at schoolboy level and in the Everton youth team, Rooney began to appear in Everton matchday squads from the beginning of the 2002-03 season, and the 16-year-old made his senior debut in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham when he started the game and assisted a goal for Welsh international Mark Pembridge.
And it was to be in Wales where Rooney served notice of his remarkable goalscoring potential at senior level.
Wrexham, then of the Third Division (what is now League One), had started the League Cup tie with David Moyes' Premier League outfit on the front foot, troubling the strong side which had been named by the visitors who had made the short trip from Merseyside.
Greater quality eventually shone through though, and Chinese midfielder Li Tie teed up Kevin Campbell for Everton's opener to calm any nerves that a shock could be on the cards.
Moyes introduced Rooney for Tomasz Radzinski shortly after the hour mark, with the teenager's pace causing Wrexham issues as the visitors broke.
Attacking what was still a fully in use standing Kop end, Everton were finally jolted into life in the second period when - shortly after Carlos Edwards and Lee Trundle had both gone close for Wrexham - Rooney showed his class to kill the game.
First the youngster fired home after a flick-on from Duncan Ferguson to put the Blues 2-0 up eight minutes from time, before moments later Rooney raced clear down the right and smashed home a low shot for his second of the night.
Jubilant young Everton fans spilled onto the pitch from within the Wrexham Kop end, with the fans racing towards Rooney to embrace their new hero before jumping into the away section on the other side of the ground.
If Rooney hadn't been on that pitch scoring those goals he'd probably have been in with those fans, who had a new hero to salute as a star was born.
Two-and-a-half weeks later, the world would see him.
