It may not have felt like it at the time but the big Scotsman's arrival for just £35,000 from Huddersfield Town in 1998 was a seminal point in City history.
The club, recently relegated to the unthinkable low of Division Two (League One) had not had a leader since Keith Curle left and Morrison was just that. 'He dragged us kicking and screaming into Division One,' said then manager Joe Royle. He was not wrong