Editing Duncan Ferguson (section)

===Rangers===
[[File:Duncan_Ferguson_1994.png|thumb|upright|Ferguson in 1994, during his spell at [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]].]]
A 22-year-old Ferguson moved to Rangers in 1993 for a transfer fee of £4 million,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-17 |title='I cried when Rangers wanted to get rid of me - there was too much pressure to succeed' |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/i-cried-when-rangers-wanted-to-get-rid-of-me-there-was-too-much-pressure-to-succeed-5087730 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Scotsman |language=en}}</ref> which set a new British record.<ref name = "waste">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/aug/17/sport.comment5 |title=What a waste of money |first=Jamie |last=Jackson |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 August 2003 |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> During a match with [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] in April 1994, Ferguson headbutted the visitors' [[John McStay]] in the south-west corner of the Ibrox pitch.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/english/from-infamy-to-hall-of-fame-jock-mcstay-finds-peace-1-3940289 |title=From infamy to Hall of Fame, Jock McStay finds peace |work=The Scotsman |date=7 November 2015 |access-date=18 April 2019 |first=Alan |last=Pattullo}}</ref> Referee [[Kenny Clark (referee)|Kenny Clark]] did not see the incident, but Ferguson was subsequently charged and found guilty of assault.<ref name = "independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/soccer-player-jailed-for-foul-play-1577101.html |title=Soccer player jailed for foul play |first=Richard |last=Brennan |work=The Independent |date=12 October 1995 |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> As it was his third conviction for assault, he received a three-month prison sentence in October 1995.<ref name = "independent"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive45.htm|title=SCOTTISH LEAGUE SFAQS|website=Scottishleague.net|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> The SFA banned Ferguson for 12 matches before the court case was heard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12697532.sfa-beaks-deliver-their-verdict-on-ferguson-striker-considers-appealing-against-his-12-game-ban/|title=SFA beaks deliver their verdict on Ferguson. Striker considers appealing against his 12-game ban|website=HeraldScotland.com|date=13 May 1994 |access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=bW6MVJiyGqpfCmKA&t=359&v=pYkHcex1cL0&feature=youtu.be |title=Duncan Ferguson: Red Cards, Bust Ups & Goodison Park Memories {{!}} Stick to Football 79 |date=2025-04-17 |last=The Overlap |access-date=2025-04-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Ferguson scored a last-minute winner against [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]], from a [[Brian Laudrup]] pass, in the first game of the season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scottish Football: Rangers count cost of McCoist injury|first=David|last=McKinney|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/scottish-football-rangers-count-cost-of-mccoist-injury-1376613.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110120045/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/scottish-football-rangers-count-cost-of-mccoist-injury-1376613.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=15 August 1994|access-date=20 January 2011|location=London}}</ref> Four days later, he scored a [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] in a 6–1 win over [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hateley's hundred leads to a seaside stroll for Rangers|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12692321.hateleys-hundred-leads-to-a-seaside-stroll-for-rangers/|website=The Herald Scotland|date=18 August 1994|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Duncan Ferguson factfile|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/duncan-ferguson-factfile-1.317428|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=25 November 1998|access-date=20 January 2011}}</ref> 

Of Ferguson's time at Rangers, one of his strike partners [[Mark Hateley]] said: "Duncan was a really good player, but I think he came to Rangers a couple of years too early. [[Walter Smith]] wanted me to take him under my wing. He was a boisterous young lad who wanted to play all the time. It was a period in his career where he'd gone from being a big fish in a small pond to being a small fish in the big pond at Rangers. He probably found that a bit difficult."<ref name=opengoal>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYnPCuQeYg "MARK HATELEY | Open Goal Meets... Former Rangers, England, AC Milan & Monaco Striker"] – Open Goal, [[YouTube]], 29 November 2021</ref> Smith was the assistant manager at Dundee United when he spotted a young Ferguson in [[Tayside]] youth football. Smith had moved on to Rangers by the time Ferguson arrived at [[Tannadice Park|Tannadice]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=BN4Zm4ZmafevUlFs&t=1078&v=pYkHcex1cL0&feature=youtu.be |title=Duncan Ferguson: Red Cards, Bust Ups & Goodison Park Memories {{!}} Stick to Football 79 |date=2025-04-17 |last=The Overlap |access-date=2025-04-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref>