Flashback Worst game was the best
As St Mirren prepare to return to league action this weekend, we take a look back at a player who has donned the black and white stripes of both St Mirren and Dunfermline.
Ian Ferguson may be as synomonous for his stint at Rangers, slapped bang in the middle of spells at Love Street and East End Park, but the tenacious and one-time skilful midfielder played a role in the success of both teams either side of his time at Ibrox.
As a fresh-faced 20-year-old, Fergie wrote himself into Saints folklore as he thumped home a 110th minute winner in the 1987 Scottish Cup final.
With last year marking the 30th anniversary of St Mirren’s last lifting the grand old trophy, Ferguson laughed as he admitted to the Paisley Daily Express: “Thinking Cup glory
St Mirren FC is a club with a proud tradition — and a history to match.
They have been at the centre of the Scottish game since their formation in 1877.
Today, we look back at the career of Ian Ferguson, who netted the cup winner for Saints, in his‘worst ever game‘.
about it now, it was genuinely the worst game of football I ever played. I don’t think I played a worse game in a St Mirren shirt.”
But not many Buddies will complain about his performance on that fateful afternoon at Hampden.
All they will remember is the image of Ferguson wheeling away after firing beyond a despairing Billy Thomson.
Of course, Fergie’s days were at a premium in the wake of the Scottish Cup victory that made him a legend.
When Rangers came calling the following season he was off – and there he remained for the next 12 years as he played a key role in the Souness revolution and a reliable enforcer in the heart of the Rangers midfield.
He continued to be a favourite of the gaffers when Walter Smith stepped into the fray and he would remain at Ibrox until 2000.
His total of 10 Scottish League