Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon has hailed the affect of Rangers icon Andy Goram on his profession.
The 58-year-old labored as a goalkeeper coach at Cambuslang Rangers throughout their West of Scotland Soccer League Convention B title-winning season in 2021/22.
However unhappy information has emerged and the goalkeeper has been given a brief period of time to reside after being recognized with terminal most cancers.
Gordon is Hearts captain and Scotland's quantity on the age of 39, and says the legendary Ibrox stopper - who has additionally been with Motherwell as a participant and Airdrie as a coach - was pivotal to him rising up.
His capacity between the sticks was unmatched throughout Rangers' nine-in-a-row run and admits a tragic day is looming.
He mentioned: "Everybody appeared as much as Andy. Anybody who wished to be a goalkeeper wished to be like him.
“It’s actually unhappy information and it doesn’t look good for him. I can solely want him nicely over the subsequent few weeks but it surely’s going to be a tragic day for everybody, particularly for guys like us who grew up idolising him.
“I bear in mind how nicely he performed for Rangers and Scotland. Among the saves he pulled off made a large contribution to profitable video games and titles.
“He was one of many causes I assumed I might make a distinction by moving into objective.
“I couldn’t run about very nicely however to see somebody like Andy pull off the saves he did? Yeah, he was an enormous inspiration to me rising up."
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