Norrie Martin
Neil "Norrie" Martin was a Scottish footballer best known for playing for Rangers. He was a goalkeeper.
Football career
Born in Fife but raised in Ayrshire, Martin started his career at Scottish [Junior Football Association|Junior] side Dalry Thistle and joined Hamilton Academical in 1957 but after a few months he moved back to Dalry.A year later he joined Rangers, but had poor luck with injuries and became the understudy to Billy Ritchie at Ibrox. He managed to make 75 league appearances for the club over 12 years, 115 in total. his most active seasons were 1966–67 in which he played in the finals of the Scottish League Cup Final|Scottish League Cup] and the European Cup Winners' Cup Final|European Cup Winners' Cup], and 1968–69 when he took part in the Scottish Cup Final, however Rangers lost to Celtic on both domestic occasions and to Bayern Munich in the continental event.
Martin left Rangers to join East [Fife F.C.|East Fife] in 1970 but only made two league appearances before leaving to join Queen of [the South F.C.|Queen of the South] a few months later. In Dumfries he made four league appearances and then re-joined Hamilton for the rest of the 1970-71 season.