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McCoist’s first professional club was St. Johnstone. After just two years in Perth, several clubs became interested in the 19-year-old striker; however, it was Sunderland who beat off the efforts of Rangers to sign the rising star. His time at Sunderland, however, was unsuccessful: he managed only 8 goals in 56 appearances. It was in 1983 that Rangers manager John Greig signed him.
During his fifteen years with Rangers, McCoist achieved an array of honours, including ten league championship medals (one in Souness’ first season 1986/87 and then all through the “Nine in a Row” period, a Scottish Cup medal, and nine League Cup medals. He was Europe’s top goal scorer twice (in 1992 and 1993), as well as being named Scotland’s “Player of the Year” in 1992. McCoist is Rangers’ all-time leading goalscorer (with 251 league goals; 355 in all competitions) and Scotland’s fifth-highest scorer, with 19 goals. His nicknames among Rangers fans include “The Judge” (as during the Graeme Souness era he was often a substitute, or “on the bench”), and the most famous of all: “Super Ally”.
McCoist finished his career at Kilmarnock, where he spent three seasons after leaving Ibrox in 1998.
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