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My Hero What is a hero? In my view a hero is someone that you admire. You may admirer them for their achievements, outlooks in life or maybe just because they are famous. In this case I admire my hero for his courage and his determination all through his personal life and his career. This story begins in Bellshill near Glasgow 24th September 1962 where a Glaswegian boy was born. His parents Alexander and May called their miracle Alistair Murdoch McCoist. If only his parents had known the difference this baby boy would make to Scottish football in years to come. At the age of 16 Ally left His High School Hunter high to take up a career in football after his chemistry teacher Archie Robertson noticed him and took him to …show more content…

These came around in the semi-final of the 91/92 Scottish Cup once again against Celtic. The Gers were down to 10 men and playing the worst football in the clubs history. Shortly after half-time Ally coolly scores the winning goal. After this wonderful period, Rangers begin to struggle. As a result a new manager was brought in to the club and the fight to victory begins. Rangers then win 10 leagues in a row with the help of Mc Coist's goal scoring phenomenon. Every time Ally was off the bench (which was almost every game) he scored at least one goal. New manager Greame Souness then formed "The Mo Partnership" with Ally and Maurice Johnson a fellow midfielder. The two of them were amazing together and were practically un-defietable. Greame Souness and Ally then had a disagreement and the striker was constantly on the bench, not understanding why! This was when an unwanted nickname of Ally's appeared he was known as "The Judge" this was also partly because Mark Hately had joined the team and was some competition for the Mr Mc Coist's spot on the champion side. Unfortunately Ally's career at Rangers was beginning to come to a stand still. To show how much he was loved at Rangers 42,000 people packed into the newly refurbished Ibrox stadium for his testimonial in August 93. After his testimonial news was heard that surprisingly his career

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