18-05-2025
Rangers icon Ally McCoist admits ‘it's made my day' as he spots special guest close to his heart at Goodison Park
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EVERTON bid a special goodbye to their Goodison Park home with a 2-0 victory over Southampton today.
And TNT Sports co-commentator Ally McCoist had a special moment of his own as he spotted a familiar face in the crowd.
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Everton enjoyed their final game at Goodison Park with a 2-0 win over Southampton
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Ally McCoist was co-commentating on the game and was delighted to see a familiar face in the crowd
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Ex-Everton and Rangers star Duncan Ferguson pointed the special guest out to his old teammate
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McCoist was in the commentary booth for the game, which saw Everton's men's team play their final match at Goodison after 133 years.
And he and commentator Darren Fletcher were joined in their coverage by former Toffees heroes Phil Jagielka and Duncan Ferguson behind the dugouts.
Ferguson, an ex-teammate of McCoist's at Rangers, spotted a special guest in attendance at the game and shared the moment with the Ibrox legend.
Ferguson said to McCoist: "Was it not wonderful to see Walter Smith's widow up there, looking so well?"
McCoist responded to Ferguson: "Aw Fergie, it made my day!
"It's a privilege to be here, but that particular moment made my day."
McCoist played under Smith and later joined his coaching staff at Ibrox, and enjoyed a close relationship with the much-loved former boss' family.
He has opened up in the past on the moment he found out about Smith's passing in 2021, and revealed that his thoughts immediately went to Smith's wife Ethel and sons Neil and Steven.
Writing in his book 'Dear Scotland: On The Road With The Tartan Army', McCoist reflected: "I was working at talkSPORT, doing the breakfast show, when I saw I had a missed call from Steven, Walter's son, and I knew what was coming.
"I'd been to the hospital and at the house to see him, and so knowing how unwell he was, I took myself away to make the call back.
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'Silence. It is hard to know what to say, but knowing just how much Walter adored his wife Ethel, his kids and his grandkids, and the severe grief they were now going through, my thoughts were immediately with them.
"Neil and Steven are two chips off the old block, the best company like their father, and I am so pleased to call the whole family friends."
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