Won’t stop me cheering on Ryan
problem for me and the other young players like John Spencer and Gary McSwegan – whom I became very friendly with and still am – was we couldn’t get in the team in front of all of these senior professionals.
“But I wouldn’t have swapped it for the world. Working in that environment was unbelievable. I used to love listening to Ally McCoist. He was the funniest guy I have ever met and always had a smile on his face. But when he trained and played he was so determined. He was a winner.
“All these strikers arrived at Rangers but he saw them all off. He was a huge inspiration to me. It’s amazing my only first-team appearance with Rangers was against Partick Thistle at Firhill and Ryan is playing there now.
“It was a Glasgow Cup semi-final in 1988. We won 2-1 and had guys like Davie Cooper and Jimmy Nicholl in the team so it was a strong side. It would’ve been great to get more opportunities but it gave me an excellent grounding to be a professional and I will be forever grateful.”
Edwards is back in Australia for a few days and will get up in the middle of the night to witness the action from Firhill.
He said: “I will try to catch the match online. I believe it’s 25 years since Partick last beat Rangers but you never know.”