Chris Aitken had an rising teaching expertise and an outdated ally by his facet at East Kilbride - with a Rangers icon serving to stability out his excellent backroom crew.
The previous Morton participant is presently out of the sport for the primary time in 25 years following his shock departure as boss from the Lowland League membership final month.
With him in his teaching circle throughout his stint at Ok-Park - which lasted lower than a yr - had been ex-Ton teammate David MacGregor, u20s head coach Martin Fellowes and Rangers icon Durrant.
It was a great mix for Aitken. MacGregor offered a reliable coach to bounce concepts off, Fellowes' work has earned him an opportunity to educate throughout the Scotland youth ranks and Durrant had 246 Mild Blues appearances to name upon.
For the previous Kilby boss, he hopes that the quartet can get collectively once more as soon as he finds himself a brand new administration gig.
Aitken mentioned: "I would not have wished my teaching setup another method to be sincere. I introduced it in David MacGregor, we made our debuts collectively at Morton 25 years in the past.
"I knew he would deliver us professionalism. With Martin, you aren't getting concerned in Scotland set-ups should you aren't an excellent coach.
"He is obtained a terrific teaching mind. There was then no one higher to supervise issues than Ian Durrant. When he wanted to deliver me down a stage, a kick up the bottom, he did that.
"If coaching wasn't ok, I simply needed to look over, and he'd give me the nod.
"After I had him holding me proper, and with David and Martin holding me proper too, I had a terrific wee set-up. In an ideal world, may the 4 of us get reunited?
"I'd completely adore it. However we'll must see if it occurs."
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