And he reckons the current Cappielow crop can go one better at Easter Road on Saturday by making a solid start to silence and frustrate the home fans and gradually turn them against their own team.

Former defender Anderson, who is currently head of youth at Cappielow, opened the scoring after just seven minutes when the sides met for a First Division match in Edinburgh on 24 April 1999.

However, Alex McLeish’s men quickly equalised through Stuart Lovell before Greenock defender Paul Fenwick saw red for hauling back fresh faced 19-year-old striker Kenny Miller.

Yet, despite the fact Ton were a man down for almost an hour away at the champions, it took a wonder goal from ex-Marseille and France ace Franck Sauzee to separate the sides.

Speaking exclusively to the Tele, Anderson recalled: “I opened the scoring that day. A corner came in — I think it would have been from big Twadds [Kevin Twaddle] — and I got a touch to it.

“But they equalised and we went down to 10 men.

“It finished 2-1, but it was a respectable 2-1 because it was backs to the wall at times.

“Hibs were buying all the best players then. They had Franck Sauzee playing. He scored and what a goal it was. When that went in you just went ‘bloody hell’. You could only respect that ability.

“Sauzee was top drawer, a Champions League winner with Marseille. There was also wee [Russell] Latapy, Paul Hartley, [Mixu] Paatelainen, Stevie Crawford and Stuart Lovell.

“They had big Yogi [John Hughes], Shaun Dennis and Pat McGinlay in the dressing room, and they had players like Kenny Miller coming through.

“It was a very good team then. They were a stick-on to win that the First Division that season, there’s no doubt.” Anderson actually started the campaign in question as a Hibs player, making six appearances before securing his release to sign for Morton.

He added: “I was with Hibs at the beginning of the season. I started the season with a five-game ban and I told Alex McLeish that when he brought me in to sign me.

“I was just honest with him because I wouldn’t do that to someone. He phoned the chairman, Rod Petrie, and he said it was fine.

“So I couldn’t play for the first five weeks. I eventually got in the team and made my debut and went on to play a few games — I think I’m the only person ever to be unbeaten in a Hibs top!

“But we went down to Ayr and drew 3-3 and I had a nightmare. Big Shaun Dennis got back in after that.

“The team were on a good run so I was waiting to get back in when I got a phone call from Morton.

“The money I was on at Hibs was unbelievable but I wasn’t caring about the money.

“I just wanted to go and play so I took a hefty cut and probably gave up a championship medal to go back to Morton. But I’d worked with Billy Stark before so it was a no-brainer for me.” Three of Anderson’s six Hibs appearances were made at home, one of which was a 0-0 draw with Hamilton Accies.

Therefore, he knows what it’s like to play in front of an expectant Easter Road crowd — and the 43-year-old believes that is something the Ton can turn to their advantage at the weekend.

He explained: “Hibs are absolutely massive. People don’t realise how big they are — I didn’t realise until I went to them.

“It’s a traditional club. Their attendances are really good, their support is vocal and demanding. And they’ll be expecting to beat Morton, especially after last week.

“They had a bad result at Dumbarton and [Alan] Stubbs will have drilled the need for a good result right into them after that and that it wasn’t acceptable.

“But if Morton don’t give them a lick at all their support will get restless. It was like that when I played there.

“If you got an early goal, they got right behind you. There was no doubt about that. They would be noisy, singing — it would be brilliant.

“But if you didn’t or if you went a goal down, they didn’t like it. So if you can keep them quiet and frustrate them in the first 20 minutes, the fans will begin to turn and you can build on it.

“They have some young players there that don’t have the experience yet and might not be able to handle that environment and the demands.

“Hibs will be favourites on paper, but you never know in football.

“Morton got a good point against Falkirk and if they can go up there and get something it will be another great result for Jim Duffy and Craig McPherson.”