Celtic fans were quick to show their appreciation of Ally McCoist in a thread started by Off The Ball on BBC Scotland.
It is difficult to know where to start with the cheeky chappie who has been the driving force behind more than a decade of The Banter Years.
From managing his beloved club to defeats from Malmo and Maribor to the tears in Seville when Aaron Ramsey missed a penalty it has been laughs and gags all the way with the media darling at the centre of attention.
Over the last week he has been showing his dignified anger about Celtic fans clapping in disrespect- this is the same person that joined John Brown, Derek Ferguson, Richard Gough and other singing about their hatred in the away dressing room at Tannadice in 1989. The same guy that claimed Donald Findlay was a scapegoat.
There are genuinely hundreds of McCoist incidents that have brightened up the lives of many over the last decade.
As a manager of both clubs he won two lower division championships then walked away after losing a Challenge Cup semi-final to Alloa after leading 2-0, a League Cup semi final with Celtic was two months away when he doubled his salary on gardening leave.
The bottom line has always been the only line for Coisty, his reservations about the new club were bought and paid for with shares costing 1p that were later on a Stock Market offering to gullible bears for 70p, thousands weighed in.
Whether it was Craig Whyte, Charles Green or whoever was in charge they all knew that there was a price to be agreed for McCoist’s support with thousands falling in line to hand over their cash to dubious Ibrox regimes- backed by the cheeky chappie.
These days McCoist is mainly employed as a pundit, a favourite of English audiences but unable to shake off his complete dislike for Celtic which is shown up weekly by Chris Sutton.
At the age of 60 he still works every shift going, with five kids across two marriages he needs to stay in the spotlight despite the obvious pain that another period of watching winning Celtic teams is causing.
Ally McCoist, who provided so much mileage for this show, turns 60 today!? Let us know your favourite Ally McCoist moment…
— BBC Off The Ball (@offtheballbbc) September 24, 2022
The time where he lost to Stirling Albion whose manager went to a wedding instead, now he’s a pundit telling us what players from Real Madrid are doing wrong…..
— williams deadly oar (@OarDeadly) September 24, 2022
Walking away via the garden after coining ‘we don’t do walking away’
— tony angelino’s smoked sausage (@titaniumtam) September 24, 2022
The police finding him in the car park of the Fox and Hound in Houston in tears,all his gear in binbags,papped out by the gardener.
— Roger Mellie (@RogerMellie67) September 24, 2022
He provided much mileage for the banter years as well, remember when he couldn’t get the new Ibrox club out the championship then walked away but demanded a full year’s salary? ???
— Griff ??????? (@MildooWolf) September 24, 2022
When he was put on “gardening leave” in the lower divisions, even though his wage was more than everybody else in the league put together.
— Tam (@TamMcKenna1888) September 24, 2022
Got to be collecting £800k/year for backing Charles Green’s fleecing of the fans while they watched this ???? pic.twitter.com/rZrXVM8EYh
— PW??????? (@__P_W__) September 24, 2022
Putting the lives of an SFA panel at risk by demanding their names,although he already knew.
— Dandoyle (@Dandoyl63393944) September 24, 2022
Karaoke-gate was class.. sandaza.. Kevin Kyle.. don’t do walking away.. team bus up in flames.. demanding panel member names, who are these people ?
— McStarfelt (@mcjagger212) September 24, 2022
His brilliant management in getting Second Division The Rangers to within minutes of a penalty shoot-out to decide the Ramsdens Cup final.https://t.co/VRvoMLIxRT
Karma for his disgraceful “who are these people” baiting.
— Kola Kube (@NoMovingOn) September 24, 2022
I liked the time he went on about the lack of respect shown by certain football fans but was quite happy jumping up and down singing he’s up to his knees in fenian blood surrender or you’ll die, that was quite funny from the cheeky chappie ?
— house of sull (@house_sull) September 24, 2022
— Tommy67 (@Jon180B) September 24, 2022
When he orchestrated the pumping from Malmo which was the final nail in the coffin of the original Rangers. I love it that it was Ally who pulled the handle when Rangers were standing on the gallows! ?
— Kevin Barry (@KBG1888) September 24, 2022
Sleekit McCoist,
made a post-playing career pretending he was something he wasn’t;
neither a competent manager, nor a cheekie chappy, nor a likeable person.
He’s a rotten little Kant-always despised that sneaky sly-so called cheeky chops!
Like most Kants, one peek at Mc c and you know the story…proper Prk him
That video he looked like he was going to be visably sick. And I remember one of my Fife pals telling me at the pars player of the year awards he was a speaker back in the day anyway he tried to cut norrie McCathy’s grass and got a burst mouth.