Murray Davidson will play his last game for St Johnstone on Sunday determined to sign off by making history for the Perth club.
No Saints team has qualified for Europe in consecutive seasons, but if results go the right way at the weekend the class of 2012-13 will become the first.
It is a huge incentive for the Scotland international, who looks bound for England.
The former Livingston man said: “I started off in the SPL with a game against Motherwell and now it’s them in my final game for the club. It’s strange that’s the way it has worked out.
“We are relying on a result elsewhere but it helps that we are playing a really competitive game with third place and Europe to play for.
“I’d much rather there was something at stake and we are aiming to do our job properly. We know it will be tough as Motherwell have had a great season and they have players who can hurt you.
“We have to concentrate on our business, try and win and we know we can’t affect the result up north. We can’t go into it gung-ho. We will go in there with a game plan designed to win the points, as we always do.
“Last year we got into Europe through the back door but it would be nice to be the first team in the club’s history to qualify back to back.
“Everybody involved with the city and the club got involved in last summer’s games with Eskisehirspor. It meant a lot to be back in Europe after so many years.
“It would be a great achievement making it two in a row by finishing third, especially for a club which doesn’t have the biggest of budgets. That would be a massive achievement. Look at the club with the budgets they have that aren’t in the top six.
“It would mean so much to everyone and it would be the icing on the cake. I am focused on St Johnstone and a massive game for us. I won’t be here next season but it means a lot to me.”
Saints might not be getting a transfer fee for Davidson but they have certainly got value for money, as he and Dave Mackay cost just £50,000 between them in 2009.
Davidson recalled: “I came here to progress and I feel I have done that in my time with St Johnstone.
“It is time to move on but I am delighted with the way things have gone. I can’t speak highly enough of the people here. I captained the team in Europe, I played for Scotland at under-21 level and then gained a full international cap.
“It means a lot to myself and my family but I think it also meant a great deal to the fans here who had to wait a long time for a full Scotland international. I was delighted to be able to bring that to the football club.
“We’ve got to semi-finals on a few occasions so it is disappointing not to have made a cup final in my time here. But you have to balance things out and everyone realises how well we have done in the league over the last couple of seasons. There’s definitely been more good than bad.”