Ally McCoist's Rangers tears 'put us through the wringer' as Darrell Currie lifts lid on BT Sport's Europa League odyssey

Darrell Currie loves every laugh-a-minute he shares with Ally McCoist and Chris Sutton. And as BT Sport embarks on another season following Scotland’s clubs in Europe, he expects his sides to be splitting as the Old Firm rivals slug it out on screen.

The broadcaster admits that seeing the other side of McCoist, in particular, as Rangers swept to the Europa League final, brought home to him just how much the club means to the former Ibrox icon who managed them through their darkest days a decade ago. Currie watched Coisty go through the whole gamut of emotions as Gers swept to Seville in the season the club lost managerial legend Walter Smith and kitman Jimmy Bell.

And he admits watching the former Scotland striker struggle to keep a lid on his feelings gave him some of his toughest moments behind the microphone. The Glaswegian, 40, told Record Sport : “The European nights are my favourite nights in broadcasting, without doubt.

“I’ve been lucky enough to do some great Celtic games in the Champions League down the years and the Europa League Final – just getting to present that, and be part of it with BT – was great. We got a lot of positive feedback over sticking to the Scottish team all the way through.

“They were amazing games to be involved in and seeing the emotion of guys like Ally crying his eyes out put us through the wringer a little bit. The whole journey that people talk about with Rangers, he was in on it right from the beginning.

“It really hit him that night and even in Seville, one of the abiding memories is the emotion that came with Ally that season, with losing his best mate Walter Smith in particular. I remember in the build-up to the final that it was absolutely right that we had to do something