Rangers were going through a difficult time on and off the pitch when McCoist was in the dugout
Ally McCoist has spoken about the tough times he endured while managing Rangers.
A legend due to his incredible record of 355 goals in 581 games, he found things considerably more tough during his spell in the Ibrox dugout.
It was McCoist’s misfortune to land the job at the worst possible time, just six months before the club entered administration.
He lifted the club out of the fourth and third tiers, but left during the 2014/15 season as Rangers failed to challenge Hearts at the top of the Championship.
The club lurched from one crisis to another off the park, and in an interview with the Guardian McCoist has spoken about the impact it took on his health.
McCoist, who now regularly appears as a pundit covering Scottish Premiership and English Premier League matches, said: “I wish I’d had normal circumstances, I can’t lie.
“(Former Rangers owner) David Murray said to me ‘We’ll never really know what kind of manager you were. But you were definitely a crisis manager’.
“I would never know but looking at me you have to say it was affecting my health. Lack of sleep, not eating right, no rest.
“Getting away from it certainly did me a lot of good.
“People wouldn’t believe it. It was absolutely insane.
“I am the Rangers manager who ended up in a witness stand in the high court, thinking ‘Is this what it’s come to?’.
“There were people involved at our football club who had no right to be there and should never have been near the place.
“As much as it was the dream job at the wrong time, I’m quite pleased that we were involved. Myself, Kenny McDowall, Ian Durrant, Gordon Durie, Jim Stewart … we knew the club better than anybody.
“We suffered with the supporters. I look back and say, in a masochistic way, that I’m pleased it was us.”
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