Scottish Daily Mail

STUART WON’T CELEBRATE WIN

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going to think about it. There certainly won’t be anything from my point of view. ‘I don’t really want to talk about that just now, though, because it’s like tempting fate a little bit. ‘I’ve got my family from down south coming up for the game. In years gone by, during my time as a player at Rangers, we would always have a big function back at Ibrox after a cup final or big game — win, lose or draw. But I know there won’t be one in the aftermath of Sunday.’ McCall understand­s the recent trend for former players and managers to show a mark of respect for their old clubs by refusing to celebrate goals or notable triumphs. Denis Law, Henrik Larsson and Frank Lampard are some of the most famous examples after sinking Manchester United, Celtic and Chelsea respective­ly. And McCall admitted: ‘I can relate to that 100 per cent. I’m quite a loyal person. I signed as a player for Sheffield United when I was 38 and went back to Bradford City. ‘We won 5-0 and Dean Windass ran the length of the pitch after scoring, shirt off, big belly out. And he was a bit of a favourite at Bradford, too. ‘We went back the next year and beat them 2-1. I scored but there were no celebratio­ns from me. I was embarrasse­d to score. ‘These two games mean everything to both sets of players, the clubs and the supporters. We’ll wait and see what the outcome will be.’ McCall again refused to speculate on his future if he takes Rangers up on Sunday. Director Paul Murray admits the Rangers board are casting the net wide and are considerin­g a director of football structure. McCall added: ‘My first question to the board when I came in was: “Do I need to get promoted?” They said I needed to change things round and make it better. ‘We’ve got to the stage where we will have a full house for this match. There’s no doubt we have improved.’

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