ALFREDO Morelos became the 18th player to score 100 or more goals for Rangers in competitive fixtures in the post-war era when he netted in the cinch Premiership match against St Mirren at the SMISA Stadium in Paisley on Sunday.
The Colombian, a £1m signing from Finnish outfit HJK back in 2017, became the first Ibrox centurion since Kenny Miller volleyed in the winner against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in a league match in the Highlands five years ago during his third spell in Govan.
Derek Parlane, the ex-Scotland striker who was on target 111 times for his boyhood heroes between 1971 and 1980, is joined on the illustrious list by no fewer than three of his former team mates.
Derek Johnstone (210), Willie Johnston (125) and John Greig (120), who all played in the side that beat Dynamo Moscow 3-2 in the Nou Camp to lift the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972, also achieved the feat.
Parlane, who is looking forward to catching up with his fellow Barcelona Bears at their 50th anniversary celebrations next year, believes that shows just how successful that period was for the Glasgow giants.
“I am very proud to be a member of the group of Rangers players who have scored 100 goals in competitive matches,” he said “The fact that four of us did it shows that it was a great era. It was just a great squad of players.
“I really looked up to them all. I had been a Rangers supporter and had posters of all these guys on my bedroom wall. Suddenly I was sitting in a dressing room with them all and training with them.
“It could have gone one of two ways. It could have been too much for me. But I said: ‘I’ve got to get on and prove myself now’. But the players were very supportive.
“There was great camaraderie in that dressing room. There wasn’t a bad apple among them. That is so important. Having a togetherness in the dressing room is as important as anything.
“If anybody asks me now what I miss most about playing football I will tell them the dressing room. It was an awesome place.”
Parlane added: “There is a dinner at the end of February at the DoubleTree Hotel in Glasgow. The tickets are out now. There are one or two other things being planned. I can’t wait.
“I think 2022 is a massive year not only for the club, but for the Barcelona Bears as well. The game against Dynamo Moscow was probably the biggest in the club’s history.”
RANGERS CENTURION CLUB
1) Ally McCoist (1983 to 1998) - 355
2) Derek Johnstone (1970 to 1983 and 1985 to 1986) - 210
3) Ralph Brand (1954 to 1965) - 206
4) Willie Thornton (1936 to 1954) - 189
5) Billy Simpson (1950 to 1959) - 165
6) Jimmy Millar (1955 to 1967) - 162
7) Davie Wilson (1956 to 1967) - 157
8) James Forrest (1962 to 1967) - 145
9) Willie Johnston (1964 to 1972 and 1980 to 1982) - 125
10) Max Murray (1955 to 1962) - 121
11) John Greig (1961 to 1978) - 120
12) Kris Boyd (2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2015) - 119
13) Mark Hateley (1990 to 1995 and 1997) - 112
14) Derek Parlane (1971 to 1980) - 111
15) Alex Scott (1954 to 1963) - 108
16) Johnny Hubbard (1949 to 1959) - 106
17) Kenny Miller (2000 to 2001, 2008 to 2011 and 2014 to 2018) - 103
18) Alfredo Morelos (2017 to present day) - 100
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