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Greg Docherty returns to his former club, Hamilton Accies, as a Rangers player this afternoon.
The midfielder will be looking for a bit of help from experienced team-mates as he settles into life at an Old Firm club.
John Vint was helped by the kindness of a famous name when he went in the opposite direction 50 years ago.
Hamilton faced the Light Blues in a Scottish Cup tie at the start of 1968.
John was in the Accies’ line-up, and delighted to finally be involved in a first-team match at Ibrox.
He had been with the Govan outfit as a youngster, but injury ended his dreams of becoming a major star.
“I didn’t have much luck when it came to injuries,” he recalled. “I suffered a broken leg in the first match I played for Rangers – a third-team game at Glenboig.
“Fortunately, I made a full recovery and started to make an impression at the club.
“But I then sustained a serious knee injury against St Johnstone.
“It came at exactly the wrong time because Willie Henderson got injured around that point and Willie Johnston was promoted to the first team.
“I was out for about nine months, and Billy Paul came in to take my place in the reserves during that time.
“Jim Baxter and Ralph Brand had nicknames for me, Willie and Billy – Bingo, Bongo and Bango! “At the end of the season, I was freed. “That’s when Baxter stepped in to help me. He was a great player and the most generous person I’ve met.
“He took me to a physiotherapist he knew, and he worked on me for six months to get me fit again.
“That led to Andy Paton offering me a deal to sign for Hamilton Accies.”
John was a goalscoring midfielder and began to flourish in a promising Accies’ side.
He went on: “Allan Thomson and I linked up, and were banging the goals in.
“I scored the winner when we beat St Mirren in the cup to create quite a shock.
“We then played Clyde in the quarter- final and took them to a replay. But things didn’t go well when there was a row over money for a crowd bonus.
“An hour before the game, we were sitting in the dressing room, determined not to play unless the issue was settled.
“We eventually went out with our heads down and got beaten 3-1.”
John got the chance to face Rangers in his second season with Accies.
He said: “It was brilliant to go back to the club and play against guys I’d grown up with.
“We played quite well and were holding them at 1-1, despite having Ian Horn sent off.
“Then John Greig scored two goals late on to give them a 3-1 win.
“John had jokingly told me I’d be getting a bit of rough treatment that afternoon and his first tackle let me know he really meant business!
“The knee was giving me problems and I was released that summer.
“Jock Wallace then took me to Berwick Rangers, but after a season there I had to pack the game in at the age of 23.
“It was a blow because there was one thing in life I could say I was really good at, and that was football.”
John, now 71, went on to work in electrical engineering and has enjoyed a lifelong passion for golf.
He said: “I’m a PGA Level 2 coach and have been helping golfers for more than 30 years.
“The most impressive player I’ve come across is Sam Horsfield.
“I was first asked to look at him when he was just 10 years old. I immediately thought he had the most impressive stance I’d ever seen.
“I belive he has the ability to be the next Tiger Woods.”