Rangers legend Ally McCoist has paid a touching tribute to Tommy Burns on the 12th anniversary of the Celtic hero's death.
The pair worked together as part of Walter Smith's coaching staff with Scotland and had previously been part of the national team's squads together during the 80s.
They remained firm friends throughout despite their obvious differences in the Glasgow divide and McCoist insists you couldn't meet a nicer person than Burns.
McCoist, along with Smith, also helped carry Burns' coffin following his tragic death in 2008 from cancer.
And he posted images of the pair on his Instagram account and said: "I cannot think of a better person, I couldn’t have asked for a better friend. Tommy Burns - much loved, sorely missed, never forgotten."
Speaking in 2008 shortly after Burns' death, McCoist had said: "It is difficult to put into words what Tommy Burns meant to me. He was kind, thoughtful, funny and everything you would want in a man. I can't think of a better person.
"It had obviously been an emotional night on Wednesday and I got a call just before eight in the morning to tell me that Tommy had passed away.
"I was absolutely distraught. I don't mind saying that there was a tear in my eye.
"I loved Tommy. We all did. It's hard to think of anything else eight now."
