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Ally McCoist reveals Rangers training ground mass brawl as he makes Graeme Souness 'punch' confession

Rangers icon Ally McCoist has admitted he tried to lamp his manager Graeme Souness during a stormy training session that descended into madness.

The Ibrox striker has recalled an incident from the 80s involving Ian Durrant and the notorious Liverpool icon that trigged a scuffle for the ages.

McCoist and Souness endured a tumultuous relationship together despite success on the park as Rangers became Scottish football's dominant force.

The 58-year-old previously opened up about the occasion the pair almost came to blows during a dressing room showdown.

And McCoist has conceded only a Terry Butcher headlock denied him the chance to strike out at his Ibrox sparring partner.

Speaking to talkSPORT, he said: "We used to give them a doing on a Friday, they couldn't get us, we used to give the English boys a doing.

"We were taking the mickey, giving it all the 'Ole' stuff, the passing. They were boiling by the way, big Butcher was serious, they were boiling man.

"And then the ball came to Durrant and Souness smacked him, it was a Friday before a game, Souness came in and smashed him, but wee Durrant, it was before his injury, remember those Weeble's that wobbled but didn't fall down?

"Wee Durrant was like a Weeble, he wobbled, down he goes, comes back up, puts his foot on the ball and looked at Souness and said 'is that your best?'

"And Souness was like 'no Ian, it's not son, as a matter of fact this is' and went bang and smashed him.

"We were all into it, I'm not kidding you, I was trying to get a punch at Souness, I was flying into it, trying to get a punch at Souness.

"I see Terry Hurlock coming and I thought 'I'm not having much of this.'

"And big Butcher has got me in a headlock, Jimmy Nichol, fists are going everywhere.

"Walter Smith's running about with a whistle going 'beep, beep, beep', trying to stop the game.

"Brilliant days, absolutely brilliant days, now that was a proper bust-up."

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