A Fife university student enrolled the help of the former Prime Minister to make a moving documentary about the Blue Brazil.
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP Gordon Brown talks of family stories and his affinity with Cowdenbeath Football Club in a short documentary called When The Sun Shines, created by Stirling University student Ross Cunningham.
The emotive film focuses on Central Park and relates to the memories and bonds that come with being a devoted football fan something both filmmaker and interviewee feel deeply.
The MP is among several people Ross (25) interviewed who discuss their personal ties with the stadium and how Central Park links to their past.
The film also carries the theme that a football ground is viewed by many of its fans as a place of worship.
Despite being a Raith Rovers fan, Mr Brown, whose constituency covers Cowdenbeath, said the ground has played a special part in his life as his father and grandfather were avid fans.
The MP was also there in 2006 to present the club with their first trophy in 67 years when they won the Third Division title.
Ross, who comes from Glenrothes, said the former Prime Minister went ”out of his way” to take part in the film.
”It was a privilege to interview him as a year before he had been the leader of the country,” he said. ”He is someone I have seen on television many times, so it was a bit surreal him agreeing to be in my film.
”It was a great experience and Gordon was really down to earth and enthusiastic. He was very at home talking about the ground and what it means to his family.
”The future of the stadium is uncertain and Gordon feels that the most important thing is that for fans the heart of the club remains.”
The making of the film was an emotional experience for Ross as another of the interviewees, his 84-year-old grandfather Ross Birrell, described how the stadium links him to the memory of his son who died 11 years ago.
Ross’s uncle Ashley, also a devoted Blue Brazil fan, had his ashes scattered on the park and the filming was the first time his grandad had returned to the stadium.
”They were sad to relive my uncle’s death but also happy that their son will be forever immortalised in a film about the football club that he loved,” said Ross.
”At the end of the film it is my uncle’s scarf that is blowing in the wind.”