Allan McGraw is a retired football

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 striker

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 and manager.

He holds the record for most goals in a season in Scottish football, a feat he achieved while playing for Greenock Morton

Greenock Morton F.C.

Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....

. He finished as Morton's top goalscorer in five consecutive seasons, helping the club to two promotions and a Scottish League Cup

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 final appearance. He went on to play for Hibernian

Hibernian F.C.

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, where he scored a goal which meant that the club reached a League Cup final, but he took a number of pain killing injections

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 in order to play while injured. This ruined his knees, causing great pain and necessitating the use of walking stick

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s for the rest of his life. After leaving Hibs, he briefly played for Linfield

Linfield F.C.

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 and again for Morton.

He later returned to Morton as manager

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 and in the mid-1990s produced what is regarded as one of the greatest teams to ever play at Cappielow

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Cappielow is a district of Greenock in Inverclyde, west central Scotland. It is home to Scottish First Division side Greenock Morton F.C. The name Cappielow, taken alone, usually refers to the Cappielow Park stadium, but it can also refer to a small area of housing or the adjoining industrial...

. McGraw signed the two Finn

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s, Marko Rajamäki

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 and Janne Lindberg

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, and Englishman Warren Hawke

Warren Hawke

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, to complement Derek McInnes

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, John Anderson

John Anderson (footballer born 1972)

John Anderson is a Scottish former footballer from Inverclyde, who played the majority of his career in Scotland with Greenock Morton and Livingston, before finishing his career in England with Hull City and Bristol Rovers...

, David Wylie

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 and Alan Mahood

Alan Mahood

Alan Mahood is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for numerous clubs including: Nottingham Forest, Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock and St. Johnstone.-External links:...

, who he had brought through the system at Morton. The team were denied the chance to win promotion

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 to the Scottish Premier Division

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 by one goal in the 1995-96 season

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.

Due to his two lengthy stays at Cappielow he is known as Mr. Morton, but he actually supports Rangers

Rangers F.C.

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as he was brought up in Govan

Govan

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. He stood for election as an independent

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 for West Renfrewshire

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 in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election

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. His son Mark also played for both Morton and Hibs.