THE Celtic View continues its look at our 21 greatest goalscorers, which includes our current No.9, Leigh Griffiths, looking briefly at the careers of the men occupying the top scoring spots.

Today, it's the turn of a prolific scorer from the 1980s, Brian McClair, who was top goalscorer in each season he was at the Hoops, and was part of a special title triumph at Love Street in 1986.

Brian McClair
Appearances: 199
Goals: 121
Debut: Brechin City 0-1 Celtic; 24/08/1983

It was in January, 1983 that 19-year-old Celtic supporter, Brian McClair arrived when a grabbed a hat-trick for Motherwell in a 3-0 win over Rangers. Less than a fortnight later, though, he proved just as lethal against his boyhood heroes when he scored twice in a 2-1 win over Celtic.

By September, now with Celtic, McClair found the net in his seventh Celtic appearance and he certainly made up for lost time as he hammered in FOUR in a 6-2 win over Dundee.

One of his 22 league goals 1985/86 came in a 4-4 Ibrox draw - just one of the 10 draws and 19 wins that were crucial in giving Celtic a glimmer of hope in winning the title in the last game – if Hearts lost at Dens Park.

Not only that, even if Hearts lost 1-0, the Celts would need to win 3-0 to win the title. Celtic went into the Paisley game intent on scoring no matter what happened in Dundee – so the first goal would be crucial in giving the team a toehold.

McClair gave the team belief with the opener. He also scored the last goal in the 5-0 win but the biggest cheers came for another double scorer that day – Albert Kidd up in Dundee, the title was Celtic’s.

Tomorrow: Harry Hood

Celtic View celebrates our greatest goalscorers - Brian McClair