Ally McCoist
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![Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn playing for Sunderland, 2000](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XvEnFGuqwaKaPoWGkzScsM-320-80.jpg)
Great little-and-large strike partnerships
By Tom Hancock published
Celebrating one of football's most classic combinations
![BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Commentator Ally McCoist ahead of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Aston Villa FC and Bologna FC 1909 at Villa Park on October 22, 2024 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BUHsYuZj3zLHrNf6G7JzWa-320-80.jpg)
'I was rooming with David Moyes and said to Moyesy, "Don’t open that door until I’m out of the bedroom". I remember running out and heading for safety': Ally McCoist recalls mischievous story from playing with Everton manager in Scotland's youth team
By Ryan Dabbs published
Ally McCoist and David Moyes came through the Scotland youth ranks together, naturally getting up to no good due to one players' mischief...
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‘Graeme Souness used to line us up vs the English lads at training. We had a proper scrap one day’ Ally McCoist recalls the legendary England vs Scotland training games at Rangers
By Matthew Ketchell published
There were so many English players at the club in the 80s that it was possible to play the nations off against each other, with one always coming out on top
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“I told Sir Alex, ‘At St Mirren, you failed to sign a future double European Golden Boot winner, but to be fair, you didn’t half recover from that mistake’”: Scotland legend reveals Ferguson's huge mistake when starting out as manager
By Ryan Dabbs published
Sir Alex Ferguson was proven wrong by one Scotland hero, though it didn't seem to affect him that much in his managerial career
![13 May 1997 London - Friendly - Arsenal v Rangers - Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne of Rangers. (Photo by Mark Leech/Offside via Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sBrR8XcvZNKCHZgCHim4L8-320-80.jpg)
‘Gazza managed to get an old pensioner on the bus to attend Rangers training one day – this pensioner ended up going in goal and saving a few penalties’: Ally McCoist shares ANOTHER bizarre Paul Gascoigne story
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Ally McCoist has described how Gazza managed to convince Walter Smith to allow a pensioner to save penalties during training
![31 Aug 1996: A portrait of Duncan Ferguson of Scotland taken before the start of the world cup qualifier against Austria in Vienna, Austria. The match ended in a goaless draw. Mandatory Credit: Clive Brunskill/Allsport Ally McCoist](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8XxpEJh6NCXRhtC5MeNyRL-320-80.jpg)
‘Big Dunc took a few quid off me playing cards on a flight across the Atlantic, and bought a pigeon – for its maiden flight, it f**ked off and never came back’: Ally McCoist shares hilarious tale from Scotland duty
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Ally McCoist and Duncan Ferguson spent a summer together with Scotland in 1992 - with the latter naming a pigeon after his team-mate
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