Rangers legend Andy Goram was an 'unbelievable character' says coach

Cambuslang Rangers co-boss Billy Campbell has hailed Andy Goram’s ‘unbelievable character’ in an emotional tribute to their former coach.

Goram passed away at St Andrew’s Hospice on Saturday, aged 58, having tragically lost his battle against cancer.

Known as ‘The Goalie’, Goram spent seven trophy-laden years at Ibrox from 1991-98, and played for other clubs in Lanarkshire, including Motherwell and Hamilton Accies.

The Scotland internationalist spent some time as a coach at West of Scotland League club Cambuslang, and Campbell says he and co-boss Paul McColl were lucky to know him.

Campbell said: “From the minute we met him when he came in, to the end – and we were fortunate enough that we spent a bit of time with him in hospitals and the hospice as well – right to the final time that we saw him, Andy was the same guy.

“What a character, and what strength!

“I saw a story where Ally McCoist spoke about the bravery of the man – he was unbelievable, it’s humbling how brave and strong he was.

“Still being the character, the way he got on with the nurses and the doctor, he was still making us laugh – an unbelievable character of a man.”

Campbell added: “From a footballing perspective, for us, he was fantastic. We’re so lucky to have had a professional footballer of his stature supporting us in training, and he absolutely made the difference to our team.

“He played probably a bigger part than he thought. What he taught players and how he brought them on was phenomenal.

“From the minute I met him to his unfortunate passing he was brilliant with us, absolutely brilliant.

“We talked constantly. Paul and I had him in three times a week and we were constantly talking about football.

“You could tell he thrived on that side of it,