this time – a decline in form which had seen Brown dismissed as manager in favour of coach Dave Stringer in December 1987. In total, Drinkell scored 57 goals in 150 games for the Canaries. In 1987, Drinkell rejected the chance of a move to Manchester United, just after the appointment of Alex Ferguson as their manager. Drinkell's exploits earned him a £600,000 move to Rangers, who signed him ahead of Tottenham Hotspur in the 1988 close season. He won Scottish League Championship and Scottish League Cup medals at Ibrox, but lost his place to new signing Mo Johnston for the 1989–90 season and played just four more games for Rangers before his return to England in October 1989 when he signed for Coventry City in a deal worth around £800,000. Despite scoring on his debut against his hometown team, Grimsby, in the Football League Cup, his goalscoring form deserted him at Highfield Road (he failed to score in any of his 15 league appearances in the 1990–91 season, and after a short loan spell with Birmingham City in the autumn of 1991 he began his coaching career in Scotland with Falkirk. He coached and managed Stirling Albion, gaining promotion to the First Division as Second Division champions in 1996, before becoming Montrose manager in 1998. In 2002, Norwich City fans voted Drinkell an inaugural member of the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame. As of 2012, Drinkell was working as a football player agent. He had a brief spell as assistant manager of Second Division club East Fife in 2013. Since 2014 he has been working as a Mercedes-Benz Sales Executive in Perth for Arnold Clark Mercedes. Honours Grimsby Town Fourth Division runners up: 1979 Third Division: 1980 Supporters Player of the Year 1983 Supporters Young Player of the Year 1977 Norwich City Second Division: 1986 Norwich City Player of the Year 1985–86, 1986–87 Inaugural member of Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame: 2002 Rangers Scottish Premier League Championship 1988–89 Scottish League Cup 1988–89 Falkirk Division One Championship Winner (promoted 1994) 1993/94 Scottish Challenge Cup: 1993–94 References Notes Sources Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), External links electronicfishcake.com – Grimsby player profile sporting-heroes.net – Rangers player profile ex-canaries.co.uk – Norwich City player profile 1960 births Living people Footballers from Grimsby English footballers Grimsby Town F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Rangers