Best player we brought in on loan or free?

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Cant believe no one has mentioned Billy McNeill's legendary two loan signings Greame Sinclair (Celtic) 2 games
Dom Sullivan (Morton) 1 game

I was there for all 3 games!

 

[Karl8]

Derek Parlane was the first name I thought of when I saw this thread. Great partnership with Jim Tolmie. God he was expensive at £35 000.

I remember going away to Leeds and Parlane scored 2 against them,.... if memory serves we signed him from Leeds, and we were all singing, “ Thank you very much , for Derek Parlane, Thank you very much, thank you very, very very much “ ... Lol,... great fun to stick it up those Yorkie scruffs.

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

Shocked no one brought up Peter Reid..... forgetting his management with us, he played over 100 games for the club on a free.

 

[shemnel]

Id echo van Buyten, he looked very good

Might be straying into dodgy territory but Shauny Wright on a free at 17 worked out well

Bernarbia possibly the best in terms of what we were and what he could do

Weah because it was George fucking Weah, I was so excited when we signed him

 

[Whether or not]

To answer the question literally, possibly Peter Beardsley. Obviously by the time we got him he was 2 stone overweight and totally finished. But in our team at the time he wasn’t the worst.

 

[Dobsy]

Benarbia.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Cant believe no one has mentioned Billy McNeill's legendary two loan signings Greame Sinclair (Celtic) 2 games
Dom Sullivan (Morton) 1 game

I was there for all 3 games!

We had a few short term arrivals from Scotland around this time, also remember Duncan Davidson and Gordon Dalziel. Ken McNaught also played a few games on loan, think we didnt have the money to sign him permanently. We had a heavy Scottish influence at this time.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

We had a few short term arrivals from Scotland around this time, also remember Duncan Davidson and Gordon Dalziel. Ken McNaught also played a few games on loan, think we didnt have the money to sign him permanently. We had a heavy Scottish influence at this time.

Billy McNeill's bargain buys.
Jim Melrose, Gordon Smith, Neil McNab, Jim Tolmie and Derek Parlane!
Every position except a goalkeeper!

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Billy McNeill's bargain buys.
Jim Melrose, Gordon Smith, Neil McNab, Jim Tolmie and Derek Parlane!
Every position except a goalkeeper!

And all of the above did a job for us at some point..