Rangers with modest striking intentions and left the Ibrox club a goalscoring legend.It was 37 years ago today, June 8, 1983, John Greig made it third-time lucky and signed the 20-year-old on a £185,000 deal from Sunderland.
It was a good piece of business, not least as Greig had offered £325,000 to the Roker Park club just 12 months previously after initially losing out when the frontman left St Johnstone in a £400,000 deal in 1981.
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