Mention John Greig and you think of an inspirational captain, a leader, a man who would run through brick walls for the jersey, and a player who won so many medals in a glittering career.
One thing that doesn't get mentioned very often was his incredible goalscoring record.
He was a defender almost all his career. He scored 120 goals in 755 competitive first team games over 17 years.
That was a goal just about every 6 games when playing at the back - and maintaining that ratio over 17 years. There are well paid forwards in modern football who can't boast a goal every 6 games.
The man voted the Greatest Ranger may have deserved that, he may not - I personally think it almost impossible to say there is one player over our whole history who should be regarded as better than anyone else. But there must be a decent argument that the greatest Rangers captain of my lifetime was the Rangers defender most likely to get us a goal.
For the older fans in here.... what goal springs to mind first out of his 120?
One thing that doesn't get mentioned very often was his incredible goalscoring record.
He was a defender almost all his career. He scored 120 goals in 755 competitive first team games over 17 years.
That was a goal just about every 6 games when playing at the back - and maintaining that ratio over 17 years. There are well paid forwards in modern football who can't boast a goal every 6 games.
The man voted the Greatest Ranger may have deserved that, he may not - I personally think it almost impossible to say there is one player over our whole history who should be regarded as better than anyone else. But there must be a decent argument that the greatest Rangers captain of my lifetime was the Rangers defender most likely to get us a goal.
For the older fans in here.... what goal springs to mind first out of his 120?