Hamilton-born John Dowie was a former Rangers ‘S’ form signing and Gers supporter who joined the Bhoys in September 1977 from Fulham.

Released by his beloved Rangers in 1972 without making the grade at senior level, Dowie moved to Craven Cottage where he was mostly a bit part player. Jock Stein’s move to sign Dowie for £25,000 raised a few eyebrows and ironically Dowie made his Celtic debut at Ibrox in a league clash on September 10th - which the home side won 3-2.

The midfielder was brought in to strengthen a squad light on both numbers and quality. While Dowie may have helped address the former he did little to improve the latter. After failing to make any real impact at Parkhead Dowie was freed in April 1979 after 18 appearances. He went on to play for Doncaster Rovers and Clyde before eventually plying his trade in Australia.