In 1928, on the verge of moving into his pseudo-English mansion on Long Island's North Shore, Cantor was in a state of reflective happiness.

The home side won in a runaway.

But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive.

'Mind we saw a couple o' young lassies that time comin' oot and goin' intae the Co-op,' a man said. 'Fuckin' stoaters, man.