McCoist: I couldn’t give a monkeys for record
After 15 straight wins hopes were high that the League One new boys would complete the league campaign without dropping a single point.
That dream was ended when Jamie Longworth found the back of the net in the 90th minute to cancel out Lee McCulloch’s first half penalty.
Longworth’s strike gave Stranraer’s collection of bus drivers, bin men and shelf-stackers a welcome point but after a lengthy lock-in with his players McCoist couldn’t contain his anger about the result.
“I will be 100 per cent honest with you – I actually couldn’t give a monkey’s about the record,” he claimed. “I really couldn’t.
“I’m not interested in the record, I’m only concerned about the level of performance that we gave and it was extremely disappointing.
“It was a really disappointing day for us. Certainly I’m of the opinion that Stranraer more than deserved their point.
“The players have got a lot of praise for going on a great run since the start of the league campaign and it’s been thoroughly deserved but I think they would admit that wasn’t good enough and we all deserve the criticism that will be placed on us.”
Stranraer boss Stevie Aitken said: “To come here and perform the way we did was pleasing. I thought we thoroughly deserved the point. For long spells we were in control of the game. If it wasn’t for a wee dodgy penalty decision we might have got more.”
The game was the first at Ibrox since the existing board of directors saw off the rebels at the clubs’ first ever AGM, no agreement has yet been reached to reduce McCoist’s salary of £800,000 a year.
As well as being one of the clubs top earners the popular former Question of Sport skipper has a 3% shareholding in the company.