I suffered Rangers 10 in a Row woe and Philippe Clement's team must NOT make same mistake we did

With back-to-back wins over Celtic secured, Stuart McCall felt Rangers were on a roll to 10-in-a-row.

A Scottish Cup semi-final triumph over the Hoops at a neutral Parkhead had injected some much-needed belief back into Walter Smith’s stuttering side back in April 1998. And the Light Blues were really bouncing a week later as Jonas Thern’s screamer and a sensational Jorg Albertz solo strike - a copycat of the effort he’d netted against Wim Jansen’s men seven days earlier - propelled Gers back to the top of the table.

It left Smith and his team just four games away from completing a decade of dominance, just four wins from going down as the immortals of Ibrox. In the end, four games was just too far. Having poured heart and soul into those titanic tussles with their bitter Old Firm rivals, Gers allowed themselves to relax as the finish line came into sight - and it cost them their place in history.

A defeat at Pittodrie next time out was bad enough but allowing Ally Mitchell to snatch a 90th-minute winner for Kilmarnock in the penultimate game of the season was simply disastrous, freeing the way for Jansen’s team to take the flag they’d longed for on the final day.

The memories of that painful collapse still send a shudder down McCall’s spine 26 years on. But the Gers legend reckons today’s team could do well to take a look back and learn from the gut-wrenching lesson his side endured as they prepare to return to action against Hibs on Saturday.

Eyes round Ibrox are already starting to gaze beyond Nick Montgomery’s Leith outfit and onto their April 7 showdown against Celtic. A fourth and final Premiership showdown between the derby foes will come after the break.

But McCall insists Rangers risk suffering a repeat of the