Allan McGregor tipped for Rangers vs Dortmund throwback masterclass as Kevin Thomson recalls 'Greegsy show' in Bremen

For everyone else, it stands the test of time as a lesson from history.

But for Allan McGregor, the events of March 13, 2008 were just another day at the office.

After recording a famous European win, Rangers carried a two goal lead into the second leg of a knock-out tie against a side sitting in second position in the Bundesliga.

And McGregor’s hand-built brick wall was all that stood between the Germans and a place in the next round.

Back then the opposition was Werder Bremen. Tomorrow night, some 14 years on, it’ll be Borussia Dortmund on the other side of the pitch.

But then more things change, the more McGregor stays the same.

And Kevin Thomson for one believes his old club ought to be absolutely thrilled about that.

Thomson was reluctantly forced to watch McGregor’s heroics that night from behind the keeper’s goal as he made his way back to first team fitness after surgery on a double hernia. Weeks later, he would go on to claim a starting place in the first Rangers team to contest a European final in more than 30 years.

And he knows none of it would have happened had it not been for McGregor’s miraculous one man show.

Thomson recalled: “I was only fit enough to make the bench for both games.

“I remember Daniel Cousin scored the first Ibrox with a shot from 35 yards which the goalie threw into the back of the net and Steve Davis got the second after another mistake.

“I think I then played in a bounce game before the second leg as I was desperate to get back up to speed but I wasn’t ready. I just remember warming up, feeling like a bag of washing because I wanted to be out there on the pitch.

“Anyway, I’m sure I was behind the goal with Kris Boyd when Greegsy made the best save of the night. A ball came