I'm a Rangers 9 in a row cult hero despite playing only 7 games and now I'm heading to Liverpool with Accrington Stanley
English minnows Accrington Stanley landed a dream FA Cup draw after being paired with eight-time winners and Premier League leaders Liverpool at Anfield.
It’s a fourth round tie that sums up the romance of the tournament - 86 places between them in the English Football League pyramid - and it’s a true David and Goliath fixture in every sense.
The viral clip of Liverpool-mad striker Josh Woods hopping around his living room showed what it means to those involved with the side sitting 19th in League Two. But they will need to regain their focus - Accrington first have a trip to Grimsby Town. Their journey to Anfield early next year will be sandwiched between home games against Newport and Notts County at the Wham Stadium.
And a couple of those involved wrote their own names into Scottish football folklore. Manager John Doolan, a Scouser himself, was assistant to Alan Stubbs when Hibs defeated Rangers in the final to end a 114-year wait to lift the famous trophy.
One man who was far from happy that day in 2016 was Doolan’s goalkeeping coach Andy Dibble who became an unlikely nine-in-a-row hero after Walter Smith signed him in an emergency for the 1996/97 title run-in and the Welshman played a crucial role in helping them to the trophy.
After fetching his name into Rangers’ history he then inked it on his arm - a tattoo to mark the triumph. That was as a result of an end of season trip to Toronto when a boozy night out saw legends Ally McCoist and Ian Durrant badger him into a permanent reminder of his brief Ibrox stint.
They took a slip of paper and wrote: “Rangers FC: Nine in a row, 1997.” Dibble woke up with it inked upon his shoulder. “He later said in an interview: “My Mrs wasn’t very happy, but it wasn’t about


