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My highlight as a kid every birthday and Christmas would be tearing open the wrapping paper to discover the kit of Rangers, my idols.
As a boy, I watched them win cup finals in front of 130,000 at Hampden.
To finally pull on their royal blue shirt as a player at nearly 33 was special, particularly when I scored my first goal — a header of course — against St Mirren.
A funny memory was being called in by my manager at West Brom, Ron Atkinson, to say the team I’d always wanted to play for had made a bid.
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I joked I was too old for Real Madrid — when he confirmed it was Rangers, I jumped in my car to sign.
To pull on a royal blue shirt of my idols Rangers at nearly 33 years old was a special moment
We were part of the 1988-89 champions, as Rangers started a run of nine titles in a row
Ron Atkinson said my dream team had made a bid – and I joked I was too old for Real Madrid
