If the result was emotional for Hardie, it was doubly emotional for the long-serving Argyle striker as his son was the Pilgrims' mascot.

"He came up on the screen doing a little interview and it set me off before the game, it brought tears to my eyes, it was a special, special moment," he said.

"Once we got into the game it was about doing it for the team, to get the win, I think hopefully it'll set us in good stead for the rest of the season, that's the most important thing at the minute.

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"He said Argyle would win 10-0, I'm going to game it and say the one and the zero makes 10, so that's fine," Hardie added about his son.

And now Hardie's legacy can be cemented for the right reasons - for the goal that helped Plymouth Argyle, bottom of the Championship, beat Premier League leaders and Champions League group-stage winners Liverpool.

Many say it is the Devon club's greatest victory, and one that Hardie will never forget.

"We're immensely proud," he told BBC Sport.

"Today's going to be cemented in the club's history, the city's history and our names are going to be on that.

"When you start your career as a football player it's things that you dream of.

"Playing against Premier League opposition and to do it and to beat them and to get the winning goal, it's one that will live with me forever."