Former Rangers and Scotland hero Ally McCoist has paid an emotional tribute to former team-mate and shut pal Andy Goram after his passing on the weekend..
Goram, 58, was given the information simply over two months in the past that he had terminal most cancers, and handed away at St Andrew's Hospice on Saturday.
McCoist, from East Kilbride, says the information was heartbreaking, however he and others can take braveness from how courageous Goram was in his battle.
He informed talkSPORT: "Andy acquired the information 10 weeks in the past that he had been identified with incurable most cancers, he was given six months. The pace of it has been completely scary.
"Nevertheless, having gone to see him regularly, initially on the hospital in Wishaw, East Kilbride, ultimately the hospice in Airdrie... initially, I want to thank everyone who sorted Andy.
"These women and guys in these locations are completely exceptional, the job they do. I used to be there on Saturday morning with John 'Bomber' Brown; the 2 of us had been at his aspect when he handed, together with his son Danny, and his ex spouse Miriam, it was completely tragic.
"Nevertheless, we're all taking nice braveness from the actual fact his bravery was completely unimaginable."
McCoist added: "I stored coming again saying to the boys once I was on the cellphone to them, whoever it could be, I believed The Goalie was really in a state of shock with the information, which might be comprehensible, however he really wasn't in a state of shock.
"It was a exceptional bravery like I've by no means seen in my life earlier than.
"He by no means modified. The entire thing by no means modified. So it wasn't shock, it was only a bravery.
"He succumbed to this horrendous sickness, and we're all in completely little question that he's free from ache, and in a much better place.
"He was a pal, he was the most effective goalie I've ever performed with. He was completely unbelievable as a goalkeeper, and I must let you know he was one hell of a person.
"He had a little bit of every part in his make up, and it's a unhappy, unhappy loss, and tragically taken away far too quickly. 58 is just not an age in any respect, we'll all miss him desperately."
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