He had previously played at all four levels of Scottish senior football.
Sometimes he is sorting out the problems of Scottish football.
The transfer fee of £120,000 was at the time a record in Scottish football.
In the great partnerships of Scottish football some names stand out more than others.
It's a fact that the financial crisis has hit Scottish football and its clubs.
Charges were never pressed and the image of Scottish football lived to die another day.
It would be the final nail in the coffin of Scottish football though.
He played as an inside forward in both English and Scottish football.
If so what does that mean for Scottish football?
This is the only example in Scottish football of a merger between two league clubs from the same town.