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1963-1968 inclusive is also marked (as I have tried to indicate above) by the rank rottenness of the teams at the bottom with the last placed club gaining between only seven and twelve points and although this had happened several times before in the 1940s & 1950s they were still abnormally low. In...

Just shown graphically highlighting some of the points you discussed.

There is an interesting period between 1963 - 1968 where the ratio is consistently low but covers a period where Scottish league football was arguably it's most competitive.

The first two certainly were. Weir was a very good player but played for too many clubs to be considered a special bargain for any of them. As far as Rangers are concerned the best bargain for me goes back to Alex McDonald. Fifty grand got them thirteen years, 500 appearances and almost 100 goals. ...

Many thanks for that, like me at Linlithgow Rose, he never made it off the bench

...in the mid 1920's. My grandfather told me a long time ago he was the reserve keeper. I have had a search over the years, simple searches really. Anyone point me in the right direction to find out if he played any games?