Of all his achievements, Hutchison is most proud of his 17 international caps, hence the cover of his book, Hutch, Hard Work and Belief, features a picture of him in Scotland colours.
He made two substitute appearances at the World Cup, setting up a late equaliser for Joe Jordan against Yugoslavia, as Scotland exited at the group stage after drawing their three games.
“The problem for me was that if they were going to play me, they were going to have leave Kenny Dalglish out,” Hutchison says. “That wasn’t going to happen.”
Hutchison will have an eye on the cup final this weekend, and on a Manchester City side who are “a lot different” to the team fighting to avoid relegation he joined in 1980.
So would he like to play for Pep Guardiola?
“I don’t know if I would suit him because I run with the ball, whereas they tend to just pass it and play in little triangles,” Hutchison says.
“I had a problem with Billy Bremner because he would pass you the ball and want it back, same with Alan Hudson when I was in America. They only leant you the ball to get it back.
“They soon realised if they gave it to me, they were going to have run and join me, because I am only going one way.
“For me, that’s what the fans wanted.”
