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  Ally McCoist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McCoist is Rangers' top ever goalscorer (with 251 league goals and a total of 355 in all competitions), and Scotland's fifth highest scorer with 19 goals in 61 matches.
McCoist is also known for his television work.
McCoist, along with John Motson, are ex-long term commentators for the FIFA video games series from EA Sports, but were replaced by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Gray for FIFA 2006.
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 Rangers | History | ALLY McCOIST
Ally's early misses were indicative of the poor Rangers team he was playing in, but it was a momentary lapse.
McCoist was often at his best in a crowded penalty area, snapping up half-chances.
McCoist, who scored 19 goals for Scotland and played in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, left to join Kilmarnock in the Summer of 1998 where he played for three years before retiring.
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 Ally McCoist profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ally was born in Bellshill, Scotland on 24 September 1962.
In it, Ally ironically plays a former Celtic star, Jackie McQuillan, who is called upon to lift no-hopers Kilknockie to the heights of the Scottish Cup final.
The Herald praised McCoist for "a surprisingly impressive debut".in which he "positively sweats on-screen charisma." High praise, indeed.
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 BBC SPORT | A QUESTION OF SPORT
Ally McCoist M.B.E. Ally was born in Bellshill, on the 24th of September 1962.
Ally also scored the winner in his only Scottish Cup final victory, in 1992.
In time for Christmas 2000 Ally, back on the bench again, passed judgement on a hilarious compilation of sporting bloopers on the video "Ally McCoist’s Trial and Errors".
news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/static/tv_and_radio/question_of_sport/team.stm   (736 words)

  
 Ally McCoist
Super Ally bagged an incredible 355 goals throughout his Rangers career, a tally which makes him Rangers all-time top scorer.
Ally also holds the club record for number of Sctoland caps won.
Ally has now retired from playing and concentrating on TV work, but is a good bet to return to Ibrox in some capacity in the future.
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 Scotsman.com Sport - Football - No comfort for McLeish as McCoist declines role
ALLY McCoist stepped on to the training ground at Murray Park with Rangers manager Alex McLeish yesterday but will not yet be rejoining his former club in a coaching capacity.
McCoist has lucrative television contracts with both the BBC, where he is a team captain on Question of Sport, and ITV, with which he is an analyst for their Champions League and international football coverage.
McCoist's appearance at Murray Park yesterday morning, wearing a Rangers training jacket embroidered with the initials AM, caused a flurry of excitement among the photographers present.
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 Divorce UK - Case Studies of famous divorce's - Ally McCoist
Former Scotland and ex-Rangers footballer, Ally McCoist and his wife Allison are preparing for a £5million divorce battle.
Mrs McCoist filed for divorce one year after McCoist admitted to affairs with the actress, Patsy Kensit and air stewardess, Donna Giblin.
McCoist is earning around £150,000 a year as a television football pundit and around £100,000 a year on BBC1’s A Question of Sport.
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 McCoist strikes a deal in £2m divorce battle - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although McCoist, 41, was not contesting the divorce - on the grounds of his unreasonable behaviour - cash was still an issue.
Last week McCoist, 41, failed to turn up for two appearances at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, saying he was suffering from a bacterial infection.
McCoist is believed to have made more than £1m from shares in Glasgow radio station Beat 106, which was sold to London-based Capital Radio for £33m.
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 Ally McCoist page
But then, during the season of 80/81, a true star is born for the public, as he scores 22 times for his club that season.
In 81 he is signed with Sunderland but despite starting quite some matches, Ally doesn't seem to find his motivation with the English club.
Despite scoring a hat-trick in the 1984 League Cup final against Celtic, the first few years at Ibrox are tough for him, as Rangers suffer a bad period.
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 Ally's cheeky grin masks razor-sharp killer instinct - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
ALLY McCOIST shares a smile - and some striking tips - with Kenny Miller and the rest of the Scotland squad in training
"Ally has been a fantastic appointment from the strikers' point of view - and I don't mean purely from the aspect of his sense of humour and atmosphere he brings to the training sessions.
But Ally McCoist was a role-model to every player my age who was striving to be a striker.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /hi/sport/6018756.html   (847 words)

  
 Sunday Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
McCoist's former Rangers team mate Graham Roberts is in charge of Clyde, and 'Super Ally' acknowledges that the Scottish First Division minnows are coming face to face with a man with a point to prove to Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United.
The fans adored McCoist cheeky chappie attitude and it was no surprise when he made an easy transition into television.
McCoist has even ventured into films, with a role alongside Robert Duvall in the football movie A Shot At Glory - perhaps the less said about that the better.
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 Barker promotes ride on managerial merry-go-round
At this point, McCoist and Parrott proceeded to indulge in idle fantasy regarding the various 'outfits' which Barker might consider donning for the gratification of her male fans.
With another two programmes to be recorded in the hours ahead, quizmistress and captains reached for the corkscrew and a change of clothes while a new audience was admitted to the adjacent auditorium.
After an hour or more of such badinage, half of which will, indeed, be consigned to the cutting-room floor, the football managers' special ended with Bruce claiming he had known all the answers in the last round but that his buzzer had not been working.
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 ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - McCoist discovers life after football can be so rewarding
Gone are the days when Ally McCoist was the target of football clubs but the queue at his door now seeking his signature is not only autograph hunters.
McCoist will team again with Bob Wilson on Tuesdays on ITV, when Champions Leagueresumes, for their programme of highlights and plans are being laid for him to present other programmes on ITV Sport, the six-hour, evening channel which premiers on August 11, the evening Nationwide League football returns.
What is becoming abundantly clear is that ITV are very serious about Ally and know that there is a marketing potential that surrounds him to strengthen the dawning of their new football coverage.
www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2001/0702/20010702mccoist.html   (485 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - Europe - Ally McCoist - -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
McCoist is undoubtedly one of the most popular and recognisable players in Scotland.
In that time McCoist also broke into the Scotland team, but his failure to make Craig Brown's squad for France 1998 - despite media and public demands for his inclusion - was a major disappointment for the player.
In his first season McCoist netted eight goals in 29 league games, and although retirement has been suggested - particularly with his increasing TV career - McCoist intends to play for a couple more years yet.
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 ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - Mo bubbling over at Coisty's retirement
But, while Kilmarnock veteran McCoist prepares for a final, emotional farewell to Ibrox as the curtain falls on his senior career, Johnston doesn't mind admitting there is one battle he preferred to walk away from.
Ally being there was actually one of the reasons I signed because we already had a partnership with Scotland and I felt it would work well.
'Ally has the personality to be a success in whatever he does after football but, believe me, there is a tough streak behind that joker's mask.
www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2001/0511/20010511featjardine.html   (921 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - UK - McCoist sick leave delays court battle
AN anticipated courtroom battle between football hero Ally McCoist and his estranged wife is to be continued until tomorrow.
Allison McCoist had been due to ask a judge to award her a £2 million divorce pay-off and an allowance of £4000 per month following the star’s highly-publicised affair with actress Patsy Kensit.
McCoist is opposing his wife’s claim at the Edinburgh court.
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 Indymedia Scotland: Critical Mass Catches Ally McCoist Breaking the Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shivering riders on the regular Critical Mass bike ride in Glasgow last Friday were amused to see former footballer and "TV personality" Ally McCoist in the rush hour traffic, yakking away on a mobile phone.
Ally's Land Cruiser groaned and shuffled round the church before finding a clear stretch of road (at least 25 metres!) to accelerate towards the lights at George Square.
Sadly, camera batteries failed at the crucial moment and by the time someone managed to get the picture, the mobile phone that he'd been talking on for at least the last five minutes (vital TV business I'm sure; not some random blonde) was nowhere to be seen.
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 CANOE -- JAM! - Glory enough for Duvall
In keeping with that tradition, Ally McCoist denied it when I told him yesterday that he might have a career as an actor.
But it is McCoist, the former Glasgow Rangers superstar, who shines in what turns out to be a modest crowd pleaser.
For his part, McCoist was overwhelmed by the offer of working with one of his favourites, Duvall.
jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/D/Duvall_Robert/2000/09/13/pf-758122.html   (369 words)

  
 BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | Football | Teams | Inverness CT | Inverness delay manager decision
It is believed that former Plymouth boss Bobby Williamson and former Rangers striker Ally McCoist are Christie's main opponents for the job.
But it is also believed that McCoist is not interested in the post despite being approached by Caley Thistle.
McCoist presently has a coaching role with the Scotland national team.
news.bbc.co.uk /solpda/ukfs_sport/hi/newsid_4640000/4640314.stm   (471 words)

  
 Paul Gascoigne: Gazzamania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After making up with McCoist, Gazza left the dressing room, made his way upstairs into one of the executive suites, which was full of guests.
Gazza, as everyone is aware, is more than able of causing an uproar on his own, but when Rangers left him and teammate Ally McCoist behind at Ibrox one day for medical treatment instead of boarding the team bus to training, mayhem was to ensue.
McCoist continued: "Gazza told me he was going to hide one of the fish under the floor of Dukey's boot so it would stink the car out.
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 The National Football Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ally McCoist, one of Scottish footballs all time greats and star of BBC Televisions Question of Sport, paid a visit to The National Football Museum on Saturday 18 th December and was amazed by the scale of the Museums exhibitions and the quality of its collections.
McCoist, who was at Deepdale filming for the ITV Championships programme, broadcast on Sunday 19th December, was clearly in awe of what the Museum had achieved.
McCoist, who had time to play the Goalstriker penalty shoot out game, netting all three of his penalties, said:
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 Netribution > News > Northern Exposure > Duvall McCoist Shot at Glory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Almost as odd as Duvall’s dream is the risky choice of Ally McCoist, whose screen antics up to now had been confined to McCoist and MacAulay and A Question of Sport.
Tabloid favourite Ally McCoist plays an ageing striker who leaves the Old Firm for a smaller team and is thrown into turmoil after his infidelities are revealed.
McCoist, perhaps inspired by his own experiences, gives a remarkably solid performance, both on and off pitch.
www.netribution.co.uk /news/northern_exposure/88/4.html   (561 words)

  
 Latest Rangers Headlines
Ally McCoist's hopes of ending his career by playing in the World Cup finals is now in doubt.
McCoist went for an X-ray yesterday which revealed ligament damage and he was ordered to rest for four to six weeks.
Tampa Bay Mutiny are favourites to land McCoist but he will remain at Ibrox for the time being with Seb Rozental a month away from match fitness.
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 John Williams Productions - DVDs and Videos of Scottish Football and Scottish Comedy - Video/PAL - Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ally McCoist is undoubtedly one of the most gifted and celebrated players Scotland has ever produced, but his appeal now extends far beyond The Game he loves.
As his remarkably successful career with club and country draws to a close, the charismatic Ally is now winning thousands of new fans as a TV and now film star.
It is a tribute to Super Ally’s enduring popularity that this is a Video devoted to his career.
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 ITV Football - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Former Scottish-international Ally McCoist is one of ITV's key football analysts working on UEFA Champions League, 'The Championship' and major tournaments including World Cup 2002 and Euro 2004.
Ally was born in Bellshill, Scotland in 1962.
Ally's goal-scoring ability was evident from the start and he hit 22 league goals in the 1980/81 season.
www.itv-football.co.uk /Story/0,14272,6116_647380,00.html   (387 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
ALLY McCOIST, the television football pundit and quiz show captain, confessed yesterday to an affair with the actress Patsy Kensit.
The married father-of-three, a former Rangers and Scotland striker who was made an MBE in 1994, said that he had been "a complete fool" and was now trying to save his marriage.
He is the regular partner to Des Lynam - who experienced a similar fall from grace three years ago after an affair with a neighbour - on ITV'S The Premiership and a team captain on A Question of Sport.
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 Ally McCoist page
In the summer, Ally signed a one-year deal with Kilmarnock, and proved that he's still got the skills, scoring a hat-trick against Hearts, and with that he gained back his place in the Tartan Army.
he was in the papers everywhere, with headlines like "Ally comes out fighting", "First goal of the rest of his life" and "Ally as sharp as ever".
Some people say Ally's too old, but all people who know a little bit about soccer should see that he still plays better than some pro's at 25 do.
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