als Celtic in the Premiership and competed in the Europa League knockout rounds in the second half of the 2020/21 season, their supporters started to hae a regular debate.
Is Allan McGregor the greatest Rangers goalkeeper eer? Is he een better than the legendary Andy Goram?
But the following year a “D Smith” was listed with “goal” next to his name when they took on Clyde. All of those who hae followed him are examined in forensic detail in the pages of In Safe Hands. Aird discoered there has been no shortage of goalkeepers who hae excelled despite the pressure and scrutiny they are under on a weekly basis at Rangers - and many who desere to be mentioned in the same breath as Goram and McGregor today.“I wanted to go right the way back to the Founding Fathers,” he said. “There were some fantastic Rangers goalkeepers pre-war. Herbert Lock and Jerry Dawson, who was known as the Prince of Goalkeepers, were outstanding players.
Aird added: “Peter McCloy is somebody else who is often oerlooked. He spent 16 years at Ibrox, but, bizarrely, when it comes to conersations about the greatest eer Rangers goalkeeper he doesn’t seem to figure highly. He should. “He did represent the club. He played in the Glasgow Cup. It didn’t hae the same allure as it did in the 1960s and 1970s, but there were still a number of first team players alongside him. From what I can gather, he was ery pleased to get the opportunity.”
“Chris Woods mentioned to me when I was writing the book that in one of his first games for Rangers he made a sae in a game against Dundee United. But they then scored off the rebound and he got pilloried for it. He realised ery, ery early on that the pressure and expectation was such that you had to sae the rebound as well. You need to hae that extra focus and desire.
“As much as Rangers went unbeaten and cantered to the title when they won 55 under Steen Gerrard, McGregor made key saes during games when the scoreline was 0-0 and 1-0. If the game is ultimately won 3-0 or 4-0, those saes are oerlooked. But they were piotal points.
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