Harrow, a born and bred Fifer, regards himself as "a Rovers man" having enjoyed three separate spells at Stark's Park in the 1970s and 80s.

He played 276 times for Raith scoring 74 goals, earned the club an £80,000 transfer fee, and was also reserve team coach for a spell.

Harrow quit football to set-up his own business as a welder fabricator, which has resulted in a remarkable co-incidence this week.

The ex-Raith and Dons star has been called into Stark's Park to fix seats in the North Stand in preparation for the invasion of Aberdeen fans ahead of Saturday's Scottish Cup fifth round tie.

"I'm down here repairing seats for the Aberdeen supporters to sit on!" he told SportsPress. "They've sold out their allocation, so every seat has to be right. My workshop is located just behind the stadium."

Harrow fondly recalls his days at Stark's Park.

"Rovers has always been my team," he said. "The club always looked after you, that's why I came back here three times. I had a lot of good times here, both during and after the games. There was a great social side to it. In those days there were six or seven local guys in the team.

"Just playing for the club was great. You grew a real attachment to the club and the people in the 200 Club. Everybody knew everybody."

Harrow looked out over a stadium that has changed a great deal since his playing days.

"The old cowshed isn't there any more," he said, pointing at the delapidated Railway Stand.

"A lot of people call that the Andy Harrow stand. It was built just after I got sold to Luton for £80,000."

Harrow was only at Luton for a few months before Alex Ferguson brought him back north to sign for Aberdeen, just days before a Scottish Cup tie at Stark's Park in 1981.

"I thought I'd get to make my debut at Stark's Park, which would have been great," he said. "But I wasn't told about the 14-day rule, which states you have to be signed for a club for 14 days before you can play in a cup tie.

"So I ended up playing in the reserves at Cowdenbeath that morning instead! I sat in the stand and watched the cup game in the afternoon, and jumped off my chair when big Colin Harris scored ... then I remembered I was signed by Aberdeen!

"I enjoyed it up there, working under Ferguson, and alongside some good players, but I struggled to get a game," he said. "They had McGhee, McCall, Weir, Strachan and all those guys up front, along with Eric Black and John Hewitt breaking through as well.

"I ended up being captain of the reserves more. I think we won everything in the reserve league."

Harrow will be back in the stands on Saturday, but it won't be in one of the seats he's been working on in the Aberdeen end.

"I'll be cheering Rovers on obviously," he said. "I come to the games occasionally. I've seen them two or three times this season and John's done very well with a limited budget. They're trying to play football, which is good to see."