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Shirley Bartynek

Ex-Hibs goalkeeper Andy Goram's funeral procession passes by his favourite pub

Hundreds of mourners lined the street outside former Hibs star Andy Goram's favourite pub as his funeral procession passed by on Monday.

The legend, who went on to play for Rangers, was driven by the Stonefield Tavern in Blantyre, also known as Teddies Bar, as it made its way to Ibrox. Well-wishers clapped and cheered in the sunshine as the hearse followed behind a piper.

Andy, who played 138 times for the Easter Road outfit, was great pals with the regulars of the Stonefield Tavern and popular all over Blantyre. His family invited the people of Blantyre to be at the pub to show their respects to arguably Rangers and Scotland's greatest ever stopper as the hearse and funeral cars drove up Glasgow Road.

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Pub owner and pal of Andy, Stan Gordon told Lanarkshire Live: "Let’s give the goalie the send off from Blantyre he deserves."

The Rangers legend was diagnosed with stage four oesophageal cancer in April. It came after he thought he was suffering heartburn and indigestion.

Hundreds lined the route. (Stuart Vance/Daily Record)

The icon had been in St Andrew's hospice for three weeks after he became too ill to be treated at home.

Loved ones including Danny, ex-wife Miriam, Brown and former Gers striker Ally McCoist were with him in his final moments when he died on Saturday.

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