I was a young boy, a bag of nerves, McCoist explains recalling his first international camp. We trained, then went for a cup of coffee after lunch. Ally McCoist has become one of the game's most popular pundits. 'Alan Hansen was having a coffee and I said, I'll have the same.' Just as Jock Stein walked in, Kenny Dalglish put a pint of lager down in front of me. I can still feel the fear running right through my body for a minute and a half.'
Sadly for McCoist, and Scotland, Stein would die later that year at the conclusion of a 1986 World Cup qualifying game vs Wales. One thing I remember about Jock was the respect and aura he carried with him, says McCoist, who later won the European Golden Shoe. He had been under immense pressure and had stopped taking his medication for heart disease so as to not have the side effects impact on the match preparation.
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