Colin West has recalled how he joined Graeme Souness' Rangers revolution 25 years ago.
West was a striker at Watford and got wind of Gers' interest from David Speedie.
He recalled to the Daily Record: "I was in the players' lounge after a Watford-Chelsea game and David Speedie approached and asked if I was interested in going up to Scotland.
"He told me Rangers were seriously interested in a deal. I told him I was definitely up for it and within days I was at Ibrox.
"Graeme knew of me as a target man and I'd scored goals for Watford against Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, so he thought I could do a job alongside Ally McCoist, with Davie Cooper providing the crosses.
"I actually met Graeme for the first time at Heathrow Airport and he told me I was just the start of many players to come as he attempted to put Rangers back on the map by winning trophies. It was music to my ears.
"Scottish football still owes him a big debt. How can anyone say otherwise? He totally transformed the Scottish game because Celtic had to rebuild for the better and other clubs had to take note as well. Sadly, some other smaller clubs were burned out by the pressure of trying to compete.
"I grew up a Newcastle fan, even though I played for Sunderland, but this was even bigger. I was surprised by just how passionate the fans were and things just snowballed on the back of the hype attached to Graeme and the backing the club gave him with so much money."
