The 80-year-old spent his entire career with the Gers as a player, manager and director and he now holds an ambassadorial role.
Greig’s significance to the Glasgow club was highlighted in 1999 when he was voted by supporters as “The Greatest Ever Ranger”.John Greig has spent his entire career at Rangers
“The club and the fans have given me the support and the respect which has obviously put me in line to get this, which I appreciate very much.Greig admits news of his CBE came out of the blue. Arbroath manager Dick Campbell was given a Medal of the Order of the British Empire “for services to Association Football and to the community in Angus”.The charismatic 69-year-old has become one of Scottish football’s most recognised and popular characters during a managerial career spanning more than three decades.Partick Thistle
“To receive the Empire Medal is fabulous,” Campbell told the PA news agency. “I’m very surprised and I don’t know what to do. My sister died six weeks ago and I just wish she was living to hear about it. She knew nothing about it because I only found out about a month ago.
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