Allan McGregor’s place in Rangers folklore was cemented last night after he was one of three current squad members to be inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame.
The 41-year-old was honoured alongside teammates Steven Davis and captain James Tavernier at the Opening Gala of New Edmiston House.
Quite often a man of few words, McGregor described the accolade as “an honour and a privilege” which recognised his outstanding contribution to the club over two spells.
His name will be forever etched alongside the Ibrox greats including the late great Andy Goram and McGregor joked he doesn’t want anyone falling out over the debate as to who is the greatest goalkeeper in the club’s illustrious history.
“It’s an honour to be part of that conversation,” he said.
“I wouldn’t want anybody to fall out over it in the pub right enough but I’m sure they can look back and have a good conversation about goalies that loved playing for the club.
“It’s not an argument and not who is the best, it’s just looking back and going Goram, Woods, Klos, everybody else that I’ve not mentioned and having a good conversation and discussion amongst themselves in the pub.”
In his first stint at the club, McGregor won three league titles, three Scottish Cups and four League Cups and while he added another league title and a Scottish Cup to his haul of silverware in his second spell, he admits he should have acquired more trophies.
“Obviously, I wish it was more to be honest, as probably everybody does,” he said.
"A great man once said, ‘You can’t pick and choose when you’re successful'.
“When you look back, you’ve got 55, the Scottish Cup last year and the European run, it’s all been a steady progress but now we need to be more dominant and we need to win more trophies regularly.”
McGregor has the opportunity to win his fifth League Cup on Sunday when Rangers lock horns with Celtic at Hampden. It’s a trophy he’s desperate to win.
“It’ll be difficult,” he admitted.
"It’s a cup game, anything can happen. These games a lot of the time it’s the team that wants it more so hopefully, we can show that on the day and win the cup.”
And what about his personal highlights over his 493 appearances for the Ibrox club? McGregor responded like a true Ranger.
“Winning trophies has got to be the highlight,” he added.
“It’s what this club’s used to, it’s what it demands and it’s what we demand of ourselves.
“There was a save against Celtic years ago, I think it was from Hinkel, we won 1-0. I don’t think we won the league that year, it was just the European run but it was important. The Samaras one at Parkhead which kept it at 1-1 which helped us, it was a vital time of the season and the penalty here against Celtic.
“There’s Bremen and Prague although at the end of the day, it didn’t matter but it’s still in your collection I suppose.
“There are loads of different memories for different reasons but it’s the special ones are ones that mean something and made you win things.”
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