Andy Halliday wasn’t known to be the calmest of Rangers central midfielders the club have employed over the last decade or so.
Vocal on and off the pitch, it was a sign of just how passionate he was to play for his boyhood team for five years between 2015 and 2020.
Halliday played 152 games for Rangers as he helped the club gain promotion back to the Scottish Premiership and earned respect under the management of Steven Gerrard.
Now at Motherwell, the 32-year-old was looking back on his Rangers days on the Open Goal podcast recently as the conversation of arguing with teammates arose.
And he revealed that he was constantly bickering with former Rangers defender Connor Goldson, who left the club this summer to sign for Aris Limassol after six years in Govan.
Halliday squabbled with Connor Goldson constantly
Halliday told host Si Ferry after being asked the teammate he’d argue with the most: “I took it for a period of time off of Barry Robson at Middlesbrough but then there was one day where I snapped and I felt it stopped after that.
“But the one that stands out to me the most and who I used to argue with all the time was Connor Goldson at Rangers.”
Ferry then asked: “What, for not passing you the ball?” But Halliday went on to explain: “No, Connor was just one of them where see every goal that was conceded, it was blame culture.
“There would be a striker a yard from him who scored but it would somebody else’s fault in front of him. So I used to argue with him all the time about that.”
Why Goldson decided to leave Rangers
Regardless of the ‘blame culture’ accusation thrown at Goldson, the Englishman was a fantastic servant for Rangers Football Club – there’s no denying it.
Goldson appeared 309 times for Rangers and was a crucial part of the Premiership title success in 2020/21.
But fans were content with his departure in the summer as Rangers waved goodbye to a number of senior players before invigorating the squad with younger talent.
Was Goldson happy to leave Rangers though? Did he feel it was the right time to part ways? This is what he had to say about his motivation for leaving and joining Aris.
He said: “I’m not going to underestimate (the challenge of playing in Cyprus). Because we played against Aris last year and in two games we only took one point.
“So I knew that Aris were a strong team and it’s like any league that you play in. I played in the Scotland league, everyone thinks it’s easy, they’re small clubs and when you play against them, football is never easy.
“When I heard about this I spoke with the owner, I spoke with the coach and I was really excited for the project.
“I was really excited to try and win championships, try and win trophies, and that’s what I came here to do.”
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