Big Jock was not afforded due credit at Rangers

It was a great read and brought back some really fond memories of a man and manager I admired so much and a really successful period for the club.

I loved everything about Big Jock. He played a huge part in my career, and those of so many players at Ibrox.

He was as hard as nails and he knew how to handle people.

If he could handle soldiers in Malaysia, he could handle players at Ibrox.

I loved the way he did things. But I don't think he ever got the credit he deserved.

We won Trebles and people said that we never played any football. That is very unfair on Jock and his management.

He was a man that demanded you gave 100% because people were paying good money to come and he was a real thinker about the game.

I can remember an Old Firm game at Ibrox and I was playing centre-half that day against big Shuggie Edvaldsson and he scored two goals.

I went in at half-time and Jock said, 'you, a ******* centre-half? Get yersel up front, you are kidding yourself on'.

We ended up winning 3-2. I went back in after the game and he said, 'I ******* told you, you are no a centre-half'.

If you did your job, fine. He wouldn't shout at you if you didn't win, as long as you were giving your all.

Hell mend you if you didn't play well, though. There were times we got a real rollicking.

We sat down and the only man that spoke was him. He got the best out of players.

Playing under Big Jock was a privilege and I know the fans who saw him and his side hold him in the highest regard.

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