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St. Johnstone
McCoist's first professional club was St. Johnstone, having signed from Fir Park Boys Club in 1978. McCoist had trained with St. Mirren as a 16-year-old but was rejected by manager Alex Ferguson for being "too small". After failing to score during his first two seasons in Perth, McCoist scored 23 goals in 43 appearances during the 1980–81 season including a consolation against Rangers in a 3–1 defeat in Scottish Cup replay.
With several English clubs interested in his signature due to his prolific form with both St Johnstone and the Scotland U-18 side including Sunderland, Wolves, Middlesbrough & Tottenham Hotspur he started the 81–82 season in terrific form netting four goals in five league cup games including the opening goal in a 2–0 win over Celtic at Muirton Park and the consolation in a 4–1 defeat in the corresponding fixture at Parkhead.
This was enough to convince Sunderland manager Alan Durban to splash £400,000 on McCoist making him Sunderland's most expensive ever signing.
Sunderland
McCoist's time at Sunderland was unsuccessful: he managed only nine goals in 65 appearances for a side struggling at the foot of the English First Division. He only managed two goals during the 81/82 season, his first coming against Brian Clough's Nottingam Forest side and his second a spectacular curling effort from the edge of the box against Southampton.
Three goals in three pre-season games against Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic and former team St. Johnstone followed by a goal against European Champions Aston Villa on the opening day of the 82/83 in a 3–1 win looked to point towards big things to come. He followed this up with a goal against Brighton and Hove Albion meaning he had matched his previous seasons tally midway through September.
October '82 proved to be the highlight of McCoist's spell with Sunderland as he netted 5 goals in as many games against Norwich City, Southampton, Manchester City, Everton and Wolves(F.A Cup). With seven goals scored by the end of October big things were expected but McCoist failed to score another goal in Sunderland shirt. Despite this he finished 3rd top scorer for Sunderland, one goal behind Nick Pickering.
Coaching career
McCoist joined the Scotland coaching staff under his former manager at Rangers, Walter Smith in 2004. He turned down the managerial position at Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2006 as he wanted a job nearer his Glasgow home.
McCoist returned to Rangers as an assistant manager to Walter Smith in January 2007. After Rangers' victory over Queen of the South in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final, Smith revealed that McCoist had been in charge of the team for the entire cup campaign. On 22 February 2011 he was announced as the new Rangers manager beginning in June 2011 and ending in June 2012.
McCoist's first competitive game in charge of Rangers came on 23 July 2011, a 1–1 draw at home to Hearts on the opening day of the 2011–12 SPL. After the game McCoist complained to BBC Scotland about a report that he argued misrepresented his view on violence after Old Firm derbies and the cost of policing the matches. The BBC stood by the report but upheld the complaint about the way the piece had been edited. On Tuesday 26 July 2011, the BBC issued an apology to McCoist and he, in turn, dropped his ban on speaking to them. In April 2011, McCoist had called for Rangers supporters who sung offensive chants to be arrested.
McCoist took charge of his first European game on 26 July 2011 at home to Swedish side Malmö FF in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League third round qualifier, losing 1–0 to suffer his first defeat as Rangers manager. His first win came on 30 July, away to St.Johnstone with a 2–0 scoreline, goals coming from Nikica Jelavić and Steven Naismith. McCoist's first Champions League campaign ended at the first hurdle after drawing 1–1 away to Malmo in the Third qualifying round second leg, losing 2–1 on aggregate and having Madjid Bougherra and Steven Whittaker sent off. Despite dropping into the Europa League, McCoist's first European campaign as Rangers manager ended early after another defeat over two legs in the play-off round by NK Maribor.
On SPL duty, after McCoist's first five league matches managing Rangers, the club were top of the SPL having conceded only one goal. His first Old Firm match as manager was a 4–2 win over Celtic at Ibrox but his side were shocked by First Division Falkirk in the League Cup with 3–2 loss a few days later. McCoist suffered a fourth cup competition exit of the season on 5 February 2012, in a 2-0 defeat at home to Dundee Utd in the Scottish Cup fifth round.
Despite being within four points of Celtic at the top of the table in February, having been fifteen points clear of their arch rivals at one stage, Rangers SPL title challenge was virtually ended after the club entered administration on 14 February 2012 and was deducted ten points as a consequence.
McCoist was able to see out the season with Rangers finishing in second place despite the points deduction. His popularity increased with the Rangers fans even more after passionately committing his future to the club in the middle of financial crisis.
Following the rejection of a company voluntary arrangement in the attempt to takeover Rangers by a consortium lead by Yorkshire businessman Charles Green, a deal was completed to sell the club's business, assets and history to Green under a new company structure. During this process there was heavy press speculation that McCoist was set to resign as Rangers manager after a conflict with Charles Green, however, he remained with the club. McCoist then worked alongside Green as Rangers attempted to get a league to play in for the new season, which eventually turned out to be the Scottish Third Division.
McCoist took charge of Rangers' first match as a lower division club on 29 July 2012 in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup, beating Brechin City away from home 2-1 after extra time. On 11 August 2012 McCoist managed Rangers in their first Third Division match, drawing 2-2 away to Peterhead with Andrew Little scoring a last minute equaliser. A week later on 18 August 2012 he followed this up with the club's first win in their new league, a 5-1 victory against East Stirling at Ibrox Stadium.
McCoist suffered his fifth different cup competition exit in 14 months as Rangers manager on 18 September 2012, getting knocked out of the Scottish Challenge Cup quarter-finals at home to Second Division Queen of the South 4-3 on penalty kicks, after a 2-2 draw over ninety minutes and extra time. McCoist took charge of his side's first league defeat of the season on 6 October 2012, losing 1-0 away to bottom side Stirling Albion.
Managerial statistics
- As of 3 November 2012
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Rangers | 1 June 2011 | present | 63 | 39 | 11 | 13 | 061.90 |
Career statistics
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Honours
- Rangers
- Personal
- European Golden Boot winner 1991–92, 1992–93
Career outside football
McCoist is also known for his television work. He was a team captain on the BBC's A Question of Sport from 1996 to 2007. On his farewell episode he failed to recognise "Mystery Guest" Walter Smith whom he left the show to work under at Rangers, he is hoping to return to the programme in the not to distant future. He was also a regular pundit for ITV Sport's football coverage. McCoist, along with John Motson, are ex-commentators for the FIFA video games series by EA Sports. They were replaced by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Gray for FIFA 2006 but returned with Motson for FIFA Manager 08.
In May 2006, he was part of the historic first European Selection, led by Terry Venables, which saw its debut game in Eindhoven in the first EFPA match-up against a Dutch selection of all-time greats.
In 2010, he stood alongside English football commentator Martin Tyler as co-commentator for matches such as Germany vs Australia in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa for television cable sports network ESPN.
He starred in the film A Shot at Glory alongside Robert Duvall, playing Jackie McQuillan, a fictional legendary ex-Celtic player. He also co-presented a late night chat show McCoist and MacAulay for BBC Scotland alongside comedian Fred MacAulay.
Awards
He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame, having gained 61 international caps.
References
- "Sportsound". BBC Scotland. 5 October 2008.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - Turnbull, Simon (14 January 2007). "Stokes and the McCoist parallel". The Independent. London: Independent News and Media. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- "Ally McCoist Factfile" The Telegraph, 10 January 2007
- "Smith appointed boss of Rangers". BBC Sport. 10 January 2007.
- "Smith in McCoist revelation" Sky Sports, 25 May 2008
- "McCoist thrilled with future role as Rangers boss" BBC Sport, 26 May 2010
- McCoist bans BBC after accusing them of twisting sectarianism programme Mail Online, 26 July 2011
- "BBC Radio Scotland to cover Rangers v Malmo tie". BBC Sport. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- Gers assistant Ally McCoist wants chant fans arrested BBC Sport, 19 April 2011
- "Rangers 3-1 Dundee Utd" BBC Sport, 5 November 2011
- "Rangers' 10-point deduction confirmed by SPL" BBC Sport, 14 February 2012
- "McCoist rallying call! 'We don’t do walking away' as Rangers crisis grows" Daily Mail, 17 February 2012
- "McCoist on the brink at Rangers as crisis club hurtle towards liquidation" Daily Mail, 14 June 2012
- "We want Ally to stay: McCoist has Ibrox future after talks with new chief Green" Daily Mail, 15 June 2012
- "Rangers: Charles Green accepts Division Three vote" BBC Sport, 13 July 2012
- "ESPN and ESPN Radio Commentator Assignments for 2010 FIFA World Cup" Live Soccer TV, 26 May 2010
External links
- Ally McCoist at the Scottish Football Association
- Hall of Fame – Ally McCoist Rangers FC
- Do You Remember Ally McCoist? (1998–2001) Kilmarnock FC
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