HE was known for quality on the park as well as his antics and pranks off it.
But former Rangers star Paul Gascoigne claims Ally McCoist is the real wind-up merchant with his punditry.
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The former England midfielder and ex-Scotland striker struck up a close partnership and were key in Rangers securing nine-in-a row during the 1990s under Walter Smith.
McCoist is the club’s all-time top goalscorer with 355 goals.
After his footballing career finished, he has rarely been off fans’ TV or radio, with various media commitments and commentary gigs.
But Gazza, who is widely seen as one of the most talented English footballers of his generation, joked he can’t stand listening to the 62-year-old.
Paul Gascoigne told Esport Insider: “He winds everyone up! He gets on my nerves and drives me nuts.
“He must get paid for every word he says. An extra bit of bonus. He loves to talk.
“But he was like that in the dressing room too, he loves his football.”
Gazza joined Rangers in 1995 from Lazio, and would go on to win two league titles, a Scottish Cup and a League Cup.
The pair enjoyed playing dressing room pranks on each other and other team-mates as Gascoigne shared another one of his infamous tales.
The 57-year-old added: “He didn’t turn up for a drink with us one night.
“And I went mad and I rang him up and said, ‘what time do the kids finish school?’
“He said, ‘15:30, why?’ I said, ‘I’m just curious’.
“So it was 15:20. I went to a pet shop where we lived, and I bought two budgies in a cage.
“Two goldfish and then a rabbit and a rabbit hutch. I left them outside his door at 15:29.
“So he rings me up and called me a b******, I said ‘what’s wrong?’
“He said his kids had rang him up and thanked him for the new pets!”
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