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Kevin McDonald is the talk of football after his two goals defeated Arsenal and sent sensational Burnley into the semi finals of the Carling Cup.

 

Signed from Dundee in June for ?500,000, his exploits got Sportsmail Online reminiscing about the days when every top English team had a top Scot.

Kevin McDonald

 

So here's our 10 best Scottish exports...

 

Kenny Dalglish

How could Liverpool replace the Hamburg bound Kevin Keegan? Dalglish was the answer. Took the No7 shirt and Keegan's place in the hearts of the Liverpool supporters. A great goalscorer - and a scorer of great goals. Best partnership with Ian Rush.

 

Frank McAvennie

Signed by West Ham in 1985 as a midfielder from St Mirren - but moved into attack after one game and had scored 15 goals by October, earning him an appearance on Wogan (the Jonathan Ross of his time, minus the crude language). Nobody knew who he was, let alone understood what he was saying. West Ham finished third in his first season when he formed a lethal partnership with Tony Cottee.

 

Graeme Souness

The hardest man in football. Not only did he kick the opposition around, he had incredible balance and an ability to play with two feet. A world class midfielder, whose tackling often overshadowed his ability. Arrived in England at the age of 15, after being born in Edinburgh on the same day as Tony Blair. Moved from Spurs to Middlesbrough, before become the all-conquering captain of Liverpool.

 

Billy Bremner

Arsenal and Chelsea rejected him as a schoolboy because he was 'too small' but Bremner signed for Leeds the day after his 17th birthday and the Stirling-born terrier kicked his way through most opposition teams as the Leeds enforcer under Don Revie. He scored the winner in four semi finals as Leeds emerged as a force, with the battling Bremner at the heart of their midfield.

 

Alan Hansen

Before he could talk a good game, Hansen was a an elegant, swaggering central defender with Liverpool. He signed from Partick Thistle in 1977 and stayed at Anfield for the rest of his career, making 620 appearances. Would put his club before country, making only 26 appearances for Scotland. Has there been a better central defender from north of the border?

 

 

John Robertson

The European Cup winning winger, who is now assistant manager to Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa, was Nottingham Forest's playmaker from the left wing as Brian Clough tore up the form book and won two European Cups. Signed for Forest from amateur team Drumchapel Amateurs (there's a team you don't often hear). Clough called him the 'Picasso of football'.

 

Denis Law

Arguably the greatest goalscorer in Manchester United's history, Law hit the back of the net 237 times in 409 appearances during an illustrious 11-year career at Old Trafford. Is the only Scottish player in history to have won the prestigious European Footballer of the Year award, in 1964, and still holds a United record for scoring 46 goals in a single season. Part of the famed Best, Law and Charlton triumvirate, winning two league titles in 1965 and 1967, but missed out through injury when United lifted the European Cup in 1968.

Denis Law remains the only Scottish player to have won the European Footballer of the Year award.

 

Gordon Strachan

Former Dundee and Aberdeen attacking midfielder/ winger who joined Sir Alex Ferguson on his Manchester United adventure. Was Dundee's youngest-ever skipper and won seven trophies at Aberdeen, including the 1983 European Cup Winners Cup, against mighty Real Madrid. Signed from United for Leeds by Howard Wilkinson, he played for six years and won a Premier League title.

 

 

Dave Mackay

Former Hearts captain who signed for Tottenham for ?32,000 in 1959. A left half who helped them to The Double in 1961 and was described as Tottenham's greatest-ever player by Brian Clough, who later signed him for Derby. Mackay replaced Clough as manager at The Baseball Ground and won the title.

 

Joe Jordan

Scored in three World Cup Finals for Scotland and was a ferocious centre forward for Leeds and Manchester United, where he earned the nickname of 'Jaws'. Bruising striker, who was also a success in Italy. Spent eight years at Elland Road after signing from Greenock Morton in 1970. Now assistant manager to Harry Redknapp at Tottenham. Also played for AC Milan, Verona, Southampton and Bristol City.

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Good to see Dave mackay getting a mention. I f we only had another player in a similar mould now he would be worth a few bob