JOE McBRIDE was a prolific goalscorer for Celtic during his three seasons at the club despite missing out on many games after suffering a serious injury in 1966…

RYAN (Waterfoot) – My grandpa is always going on about a player called Joe McBride who played for Celtic. Was he really that good?

Joe was a bit special. He was the first player to be signed by Jock Stein after he became manager of Celtic.

Joe signed for Celtic from Motherwell (where he had been leading goalscorer for three years) in 1965.

A powerful header of the ball, who was also good on the ground, Joe scored 31 league goals for Celtic in season 1965-66 which helped them win the title and set them up nicely for their famous European Cup victory in season 1966-67.

Joe missed out on the second half of Celtic’s trophy-laden season but still managed to score 36 goals in 26 games before succumbing to injury on Christmas Eve 1966.

Despite missing half a season and Celtic’s European Cup win, McBride still finished top scorer at the end of the season.

Although he regained fitness Joe never really regained his first team spot at Celtic and was allowed to leave for Hibs in November 1968.

He made a spectacular start to his Hibs career, scoring eight times in his first three games.

He also had spells with Dunfermline and Clyde and retired from playing in April 1972.

Joe was capped twice for Scotland but did not score and also made four appearances for the Scottish League, netting eight times.

We think your grandpa has a point.

TOM (Kilwinning) – My auld heedie at Bellahouston Academy played for Rangers. His name was George Brown. Can you give me the details of his football career?

His full name was George Clark Phillips Brown. He was born on January 7, 1907, and signed for Rangers in 1929 from Ashfield.

He spent 13 years at Ibrox and won seven League Championships and four Scottish Cups.

He made 229 League appearances and scored 22 league goals for Rangers.

He was capped for Scotland 19 times and represented the Scottish League on five occasions.

The left-half also captained Scotland twice. He later became a director at Rangers and also the headmaster of Bellahouston Academy.