[5] He also made his first European appearance for the club, playing in a 3–1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round first leg victory over Union Saint-Gilloise on 27 September 1961.
[1] Ross joined Third Division club Brentford in a £9,500 double deal with Shrewsbury Town teammate John Regan in March 1966.
[10] In a troubled period for the West London club,[11] Ross' time with the Bees got off to a bad start, failing to score in 17 league appearances and suffering relegation to the Fourth Division at the end of the campaign.
[12] In the Fourth Division, Ross quickly established himself as regular first team player, making 53 appearances and scoring 9 league goals during the 1966–67 season and winning the London Challenge Cup.
[13] Ross' greatest moment in a Brentford shirt came towards the end of the 1971–72 season, when he coolly converted a penalty against Exeter City to seal promotion back to the Third Division.
[20] Moving back into midfield, he made 121 appearances and scored 19 goals in four years with the club and retired at the end of the 1977–78 season.
[20] He remained in the role after Harris departed in March 1975, serving under Bob Gibbs until October 1976, when he became Hayes' player-manager.
[22] When Rangers moved up to Academy status, Ross became schoolboy development officer and also assisted at the club's training ground in his later years.