Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend

Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend
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Ally McCoist is one of Scottish soccer's best-loved characters. In a two-decade career, he won the hearts and minds of legions of fans as he established himself as one of the most popular sporting personalities in the UK. A schoolboy prodigy, it was always clear that McCoist was destined for top flight soccer. At just 16 he signed his first professional contract with St. Johnstone, shooting to prominence in the 1980-81 season, scoring 22 league goals, and playing a starring role for the Scottish youth team. He was soon hot property. After two years of mixed fortunes at Sunderland, McCoist returned to Scotland and signed with his boyhood heroes, the Glasgow Rangers. Over the next fifteen years, he established himself as arguably the greatest goal-scorer ever to play for the club. He not only gave heart and soul for Rangers but was also capped 61 times for Scotland. An authoritative and affectionate portrait of this much-loved sportsman, «Ally McCoist: Rangers Legend» charts the highs and lows of a fascinating career, culminating in McCoist reaching legendary status. It also looks at the events that helped to shape his life overcoming homesickness when first playing for an English club and how he coped when his young son had to undergo several life-saving operations. Having hung up his boots, Ally's vibrant personality made him a natural for the television screen. Now, however, he has come full circle and returned «home» after a successful spell as assistant manager at his beloved Rangers, he has taken over the reins to become manager. This wonderful book is a must-read for any soccer fan, or indeed for anyone captivated by this large-than-life character."

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Alistair Aird. Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE EARLY YEARS: 1962–78

THE SAINTS: 1978–81

ROKER DAYS: 1981–83

A DREAM COME TRUE: 1983–84

ALMOST THE END OF THE ROAD: 1984–86

THE AWAKENING: 1986–87

GOALS, GOALS, GOALS: 1987–89

MO JOHNSTON AND ITALIA ’90: 1989–90

THE JUDGE: 1990–91

A PAIR OF GOLDEN BOOTS: 1991–93

INJURY HELL: 1993–95

COOP: 1956–95

THE LAST CHANCE SALOON: 1995–96

EURO ’96, RECORDS AND NINE-IN-A-ROW: 1996–97

THE FINAL HURRAH: 1997–98

FOOTBALL IN PERSPECTIVE

THE FINAL CHAPTER: 1998–2001

AFTER THE BALL: 2001–07

COMING HOME

RIDING THE ROLLERCOASTER

IN CHARGE

GOAL-SCORING RECORD AND CAREER MILESTONES. COMPETITIVE APPEARANCES (1978–2001)

ST JOHNSTONE FOOTBALL CLUB (1978–81)

SUNDERLAND FOOTBALL CLUB (1981–83)

RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB (1983–98)

KILMARNOCK FOOTBALL CLUB (1998–2001)

ALLY McCOIST – SEASON BY SEASON

HONOURS (ALL WITH RANGERS)

FIRST AND LAST

RANGERS CAREER MILESTONES

RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB’S TOP TEN GOAL-SCORERS OF ALL TIME

RECORDS HELD BY ALLY McCOIST

GOAL-SCORING RECORD WITH RANGERS AGAINST SENIOR SCOTTISH LEAGUE TEAMS

ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB – 49 APPEARANCES, 14 GOALS

AIRDRIE FOOTBALL CLUB – 7 APPEARANCES, 6 GOALS

ALLOA ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB – 1 APPEARANCE, 3 GOALS

ARBROATH FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 4 GOALS

AYR UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB – 1 APPEARANCE, 1 GOAL

CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB – 53 APPEARANCES, 24 GOALS

COWDENBEATH FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 1 GOAL

CLYDE FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 1 GOAL

CLYDEBANK FOOTBALL CLUB – 11 APPEARANCES, 12 GOALS

DUMBARTON FOOTBALL CLUB – 6 APPEARANCES, 4 GOALS

DUNDEE FOOTBALL CLUB – 37 APPEARANCES, 30 GOALS

DUNDEE UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB – 54 APPEARANCES, 26 GOALS

DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB – 21 APPEARANCES, 22 GOALS

EAST FIFE FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 1 GOAL

FALKIRK FOOTBALL CLUB – 22 APPEARANCES, 25 GOALS

HAMILTON ACADEMICAL FOOTBALL CLUB – 10 APPEARANCES, 5 GOALS

HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB – 49 APPEARANCES, 28 GOALS

HIBERNIAN FOOTBALL CLUB – 47 APPEARANCES, 22 GOALS

INVERNESS CALEDONIAN/INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE – 2 APPEARANCES, 2 GOALS

KILMARNOCK FOOTBALL CLUB – 12 APPEARANCES, 1 GOAL

MEADOWBANK THISTLE FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 3 GOALS

MORTON FOOTBALL CLUB – 10 APPEARANCES, 12 GOALS

MOTHERWELL FOOTBALL CLUB – 43 APPEARANCES, 27 GOALS

PARTICK THISTLE FOOTBALL CLUB – 5 APPEARANCES, 1 GOAL

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 1 GOAL

RAITH ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB – 17 APPEARANCES, 16 GOALS

STENHOUSEMUIR FOOTBALL CLUB – 1 APPEARANCE, 1 GOAL

STIRLING ALBION FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 2 GOALS

STRANRAER FOOTBALL CLUB – 2 APPEARANCES, 5 GOALS

ST JOHNSTONE FOOTBALL CLUB – 23 APPEARANCES, 14 GOALS

ST MIRREN FOOTBALL CLUB – 29 APPEARANCES, 20 GOALS

GOAL-SCORING RECORD FOR RANGERS IN EUROPEAN COMPETITION. 54 APPEARANCES, 21 GOALS

ALLY McCOIST’S INTERNATIONAL RECORD WITH SCOTLAND. UNDER-18 LEVEL 10 CAPS, 7 GOALS

UNDER-21 LEVEL 1 CAP, 0 GOALS

SENIOR LEVEL 61 CAPS, 19 GOALS

NOTES. CHAPTER ONE – THE EARLY YEARS

CHAPTER TWO – THE SAINTS

CHAPTER THREE – ROKER DAYS

CHAPTER FOUR – A DREAM COME TRUE

CHAPTER FIVE – ALMOST THE END OF THE ROAD

CHAPTER SIX – THE AWAKENING

CHAPTER SEVEN – GOALS, GOALS, GOALS

CHAPTER EIGHT – MO JOHNSTON AND ITALIA ’90

CHAPTER NINE – THE JUDGE

CHAPTER TEN – A PAIR OF GOLDEN BOOTS

CHAPTER ELEVEN – INJURY HELL

CHAPTER TWELVE – COOP

CHAPTER THIRTEEN – THE LAST CHANCE SALOON

CHAPTER FOURTEEN – EURO ’96, RECORDS AND NINE-IN-A-ROW

CHAPTER FIFTEEN – THE LAST HURRAH

CHAPTER SIXTEEN – FOOTBALL IN PERSPECTIVE

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – THE FINAL CHAPTER

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – AFTER THE BALL

CHAPTER NINETEEN – COMING HOME

CHAPTER TWENTY – RIDING THE ROLLERCOASTER

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – IN CHARGE

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For Sharon, Eva and

Finlay – simply the best

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Further recognition followed at the end of October when McCoist won his third cap in a 3-1 victory over Northern Ireland at Somerset Park in Ayr – inevitably his name found its way on to the scoresheet – and in mid-November he journeyed with Roxburgh and his squad to Monaco to represent Scotland in the Monaco Youth Tournament. Eight teams entered the event, with the participants being split into two sections of four. The winning team from each section would then meet to contest the final.

The squad was littered with some of the best young talent Scotland had to offer. Under the watchful eye of Roxburgh and his assistant, Walter Smith, McCoist was joined by Neale Cooper and Eric Black of Aberdeen, Davie Bowman of Hearts, Iain Ferguson of Dundee and goalkeeper Nicky Walker of Leicester City. Having now left school, McCoist had taken up a part-time business studies course in Hamilton, but his involvement in the tournament in Monaco brought that to a premature end. Faced with the decision of either sitting his exams or travelling to Monaco, there was only going to be one winner: the course was abandoned and McCoist boarded a plane bound for the principality.

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