Normally when a player leaves Rangers they remain well thought of long after they’re gone, but in the case of Richard Foster, there seems to be a little bad taste left in the mouths of some fans.
Foster spent two separate spells at Ibrox, with the first under Walter Smith being considerably more memorable than the last under Ally McCoist.
But given how Foster flew into challenges and seemed desperate to leave a bit on a Gers player for Ross County, you’d hardly have known he once plied his trade at Ibrox.
It’s a strange phenomenon amongst some of the club’s ex-players from Scotland that they feel quite justified in this snarling, bitter attitude towards the team when they play us.
Kirk Broadfoot’s antics over the last few seasons were enough to completely damage his legacy at Ibrox, with the big defender’s play-acting and nasty fouling leaving a particularly bad taste.
A lot of the stuff goes well above and beyond the “trying to prove a point” against an old team argument. There’s real aggression to it.
The likes of Steven Whittaker and Steven Naismith feel the brunt of their comments immediately after Rangers’ financial collapse in 2012, whilst off-the-field the likes of Charlie Adam continue to polarise fans.
The Rangers Academy midfielder said he was “not interested” in what happened at Rangers and more concerned about his brother Grant, who was at Rangers in 2012.
Yet he’s just appeared in a Legends match earlier in the season.
Some fans also take umbrage with the likes of Kris Boyd, who, admittedly like most football pundits in this country, is building a career out of controversial commentary and analysis.
Why is there an ongoing distaste aimed at Rangers from players who were once employees of the club? You tell me.
But as evidenced by the case of Richard Foster or any of the aforementioned names, the club’s fans won’t think twice about calling them out on it.
