McGregor: John Reid (John)

1985-1985 (Player Details)

Midfield/Defender

Born: Airdrie: 05-01-1963

Debut: v Portsmouth (h): 02-11-1985

5’11” 12st (1986)

McGregor was educated at Airdrie Academy and joined Queen’s Park from school before Liverpool paid a big fee for him in the summer of 1982. He made one hundred and five League appearances for Queen’s Park, scoring nineteen goals. He never made a senior appearance for the Reds and in April 1984 began a loan period with St Mirren, where he sustained a bad knee injury. He returned to Anfield and had his only taste of the Football League level during a month’s loan to Leeds. He showed his versatility by playing right half on debut at home to Portsmouth and at Millwall in the next fixture, right-back the next week at home to Crystal Palace, then left-half at Carlisle United and centre-half in his final game at home to Norwich City. He returned to Anfield and enjoyed a long stint in the reserves before being sold to Rangers in the summer of 1987 for £90,000. He won a Scottish League Cup-winners’ medal in his first season at Ibrox to add to a string of Central League medals won at Anfield. He had made twenty-five appearances in the Scottish League before a bad knee injury ended his career in 1987-88. He did make one appearance in the 1991-92 season for Rangers and he became reserve team coach at Ibrox until February 2003.