Former Rangers star Kyle Hutton relishing Kyle Lafferty reunion in WOSFL after joining Gartcairn

Ex-Rangers midfielder Kyle Hutton is relishing the prospect of facing old Ibrox pal Kyle Lafferty in the West of Scotland League this season – and hopes to steer new side Gartcairn to glory at the expense of his former travel buddy.

The 33-year-old from Cambuslang knows Lafferty’s big-spending Johnstone Burgh side will be one of the main contenders for the Premier crown this season, but says the Airdrie outfit are “quietly confident” of making a title push themselves.

The pair used to be travel companions in 2011 – when Hutton lost his driver’s licence for speeding – and he told Lanarkshire Live Sport: “It will be fun coming up against Lafferty. I’ve met him a few times [since their Rangers days] and had a bit of banter with him.

“When I was at Rangers I was quite tight with Kyle. When I lost my driver’s licence, he’d pick me up and take me into training and things like that.

“At away games when we’d stay in a hotel, I used to room with him as well. He’s daft as a brush, but he is a good laugh and he is a funny guy, I’ll give him that.

“I know he missed a lot of last season with injury, but in the games he did play he scored a few goals so if he keeps himself fit, I’m sure he’ll score a barrel load in this league.

“With his quality, Burgh will have a great chance of finishing top but hopefully for us he doesn’t have a great season. Johnstone Burgh have obviously got Kyle, Graham Dorrans and I know Del Esplin and Jason Naismith as well, so they will fancy their chances.

“We all know how tough the Premier is but we are quietly confident. The teams who have come up this year, with the likes of Drumchapel and Johnstone Burgh, will make it a tough, but exciting, league. If you want to do anything in this league, it is all