For so long Newcastle had a monopoly on players from over the border.
And you only have to look at those involved in our last trophy success - the Fairs Cup and the two Wembley appearances (v Liverpool and Man City) to see the 'Tartan Brigade'.
Tommy Gibb, John McNamee, Bob Moncur, Jimmy Scott, Jimmy Smith, Tommy Craig and although Benny Arentoft was Danish, he was signed from Morton.
Times changed, but suddenly Scotland's recent success has got the English scouts heading to Chilly Jocko Land.
The Herald reports today:
"Scott Brown, within a month of his £5.5m transfer from Hibernian to Celtic, has already been the subject of a £9m enquiry, believed to be from Newcastle United, according to the David Dickinson of the football agency business, Willie McKay.
"Given the rate of inflation among club-to-club Premiership transfers, Rangers and Celtic will doubtless be bracing themselves for hovering vultures."