This bronze sculpture stands at the Edmiston Drive façade of Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. It represents Rangers legend John Greig, voted the greatest ever Rangers player and the team captain on the day of the infamous Ibrox Disaster of 1971.

Towards the final whistle of a match between Rangers and their great rivals Celtic, a late equalising goal for Rangers led to a crowd surge on stairwell 13 and in the ensuing tragedy 66 people lost their lives, with 140 injured. To mark the 30th anniversary of this terrible occasion Rangers Football Club commissioned a commemorative sculpture which could act as a focal point for the grief felt by the bereaved.

The sculpture is posed as though in a minute’s silence. He has an armband of respect on his sleeve and looks down and round towards where the disaster unfolded. The red brick plinth carries a plaque bearing the names of the deceased from 1971 and from two other tragedies at the stadium.

Portrait sculptor Alison Bell assisted with the modelling and the work was cast by Beltane Foundry of Peebles.

Other works in this genre include portraits of Bill Struth, the longest serving manager of Rangers Football Club, James Nicol, a founding father of paediatric surgery and a portrait bust of Sir David Murray.