IF Wrexham could put out their best ever Scottish-born Reds XI to play for them at Ibrox today then they’d be real dangers to the Rangers first team never mind their Colts!

It would be a team jam-packed with plenty of goals, power, panache, players from pre-and-post-war periods and goals galore with five Glaswegians in the starting line-up to boot!

Sifting through the Reds’ archives has given us the chance to create our own North of the Border-based dream team, kicking off in goal with Pat McMahon.

Born in Glasgow, McMahon was snapped up by West Ham before moving to Wrexham in 1935 where he played 113 times before being snapped up by Stoke City just months before the outbreak for World War Two.

He played in the first three matches of 1939/40 season, playing alongside the legendary Stanley Matthews before moving back to Wrexham to join the home guard

His son, Roy, lives on the Welsh Shropshire border, and spoke of his family’s admiration for what a great club West Ham are.

“I remember when Wrexham played West Ham in the FA Cup after they’d beaten Arsenal in 1992,” said McMahon. “Dave Lovett had written a great piece on my dad in the build-up to the game at Upton Park.

“I actually sent a copy to Billy Bonds, the West Ham boss at the time. My dad died in the same week and his funeral was on the day of the replay back at The Racecourse.

“Billy Bonds actually phoned up and invited me and my youngest son, Owen, to the Bryn Howell in Llangollen where they were staying and said we could travel on the team bus with them to the game.

“Obviously we didn’t go because it was the day of the funeral but I just thought what a wonderful touch that was by West Ham.”

Another Glasgow-born battler wears the number two shirt and the captain’s armband - dependable defender Jake King.

After being surprisingly released by Shrewsbury Town, King snubbed offers from other clubs to sign for Wrexham in 1982 claiming the lure of playing in the European Cup Winners Cup was too good to turn down.

Little did he know that two years later he would score two goals in a memorable night in Portugal where Wrexham lost 4-3 to FC Porto but went through to round two on the away goals rule.

Alongside him that night and following King from The Shrews in 1982, classy centre back Jack Keay - also Glasgow-born - made more than 160 appearance in four seasons at The Racecourse.

His central defence partner was Aly McGowan - a stalwart of 408 appearances in his 12 years at the club where the Whiterigg-born star played in the FA Cup Fourth round tie against Manchester United in 1957 that attacked a record-breaking crowd of 34,445 to The Racecourse.

Another McMahon - Saltcoats-born Hugh - bolsters the back four. He totted up 150 games between 1932 and 1936 and played in the record 11-1 Northern League Cup win over New Brighton.

Fast forward 60-plus years and playing the holding role in the heart of the midfield would be Darren Ferguson.

Probably Bryan Flynn’s best signing of all-time, Glasgow-born Ferguson, the son of Manchester United legend, Alex, scored more than 50 goals in his 310 games with Wrexham between 1999 and 2007.

He captained The Reds to win promotion to Division Two in 2002/03 under Denis Smith and scored in front of his famous father in the 2–0 win over Southend United in the 2004/05 Football League Trophy final.

Edinburgh-born Bobby Park chalked up more than 100 appearances in a three season stay between 1969 and 1972 and he and Ferguson are flanked by wingers, John Anderson and Ian Moir.

Anderson adds to the Glasgow-born player ranks and scored 30 goals between 1956 and 1962 while ex-Manchester United Moir was a Busby Babe in the early Sixties before ending up at Wrexham via Chester in 1968.

A fans favourite under John Neal, Moir, who was born in Aberdeen, scored 20 goals in 150 games between 1968 and 1972.

He left for Shrewsbury Town but returned 12 months later only to lose his place to Brian Tinnion.

Tommy Bannan knew how to find the back of the net, smashing in a century of goals at a rate of one every two and a half games between 1951 and 1959.

Bannan, who was born in Lanark, also endeared himself to Wrexham fans by convincing his best-mate McGowan to move to The Racecourse.

Completing the starting line-up and pulling on the number nine shirt is Dumfries-born Jim Steel.

Scoring six goals in an initial loan period from Oldham in 1983, Steel eventually signed on a permanent Reds deal in 1984 where he netted 51 goals at home and abroad before a £60,000 move to Tranmere Rovers.

The five men warming the subs bench and keeping Scottish-boss Bobby Roberts company in the dug-out would be goalkeeper Ronnie Sinclair (1984), midfielders Andy Provan (1970-72), Mike Conroy (1986/87), Ryan Flynn (2008/09) and striker Kevin Bremner (1982/83).