Ally McCoist played with some really top quality players in his near 15 year spell at Rangers.
A host of international strike partners, gifted midfielders and defenders with real European clout – and, of course, Alec Cleland.
Scoring 355 goals along the way, Super Ally was lucky to have a collection of Hall of Famers behind him supplying the ammunition and partners up front who made the job of putting the ball in the net an awful lot easier.
But who does Ally McCoist think were the best?
Ally McCoist’s Rangers legends XI
Speaking as part of the build up to tomorrow’s Old Firm derby, the former Gers gaffer was tasked with picking his all-time XI and, it’s a pretty special one.
Starting with his famous other half, the number ten to his number nine, McCoist had a more difficult job than you would think picking Mark Hateley.
Maurice Johnston, a signing that still scars the souls of Celtic fans to this day, earned high praise indeed from McCoist when deciding who to pick.
”Maurice Johnston’s first season at Rangers he was in the top three strikers in the world. His first year at Rangers he was absolutely unbelievable.”
That Andy Roxburgh didn’t pick the Rangers pair for Scotland at the World Cup in 1990 remains a mystery, but they were dynamite together for Graeme Souness.
Speaking of the former boss, Souness made his way into McCoist’s team, protecting the back three but it was the two in front of him that had the award winning pundit reminiscing.
“You can’t leave Durrant or Gascoigne out.
“I’ll tell you right now, I’ll tell you how good Durrant was.
“He completely transformed his game after injury. He come back and he played international football and Champions League football in a completely different manner to which he was accustomed to.
“Durrant wouldn’t have been playing with us if he didn’t get injured. He’d have been in Italy with a Juventus or AC Milan. He’d have been away.”
The “Rangers Da’s” will be old enough to remember McCoist in his pomp, Johnston ruining Celtic fans’ lives and Durrant at break neck speed bursting through defences to blank Davie Cooper when he was celebrating.
These were the heroes of the past who won trophy, after trophy but, if the likes of James Tavernier and Connor Goldson want to be remembered in the same way, they need to start beating our bitter rivals with more frequency than they have of late.
Sunday would be a good place to start.
