Celebrity Celtic superfan lands Rangers icon with a Hoops reality check as he's told 'don't get carried away'
Rod Stewart and Ally McCoist took a couple of digs at each other in a recent interview.
Celtic superfan Rod Stewart and Rangers legend Ally McCoist were involved in a playful spat on the radio earlier today - Stewart took aim at Rangers’ profligacy with their spending habits, while McCoist urged him to not ‘get carried away’ with Celtic’s strong form.
One of the most successful British musicians of all time, Stewart has 13 platinum certifications to his name and was inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame twice - once in 1994 as a solo artist and again in 2012 as part of Faces.
McCoist is no slouch in terms of his own accomplishments, however - he won no less than ten Scottish Premiership titles during his time at Rangers, alongside one Scottish Cup and nine Scottish League Cups.
Speaking on TalkSPORT alongside McCoist, Stewart mused: “We’re never going to win it, but it’s all about the money and the prestige that goes with it – and you know, we spend our money wisely… as opposed to the other team in Glasgow.”
Never a man lost for words, McCoist was on hand with a retort: “Just calm down Rod, don’t get carried away now – you’ve had a couple of good results, don’t get carried away.”
Stewart inferred that McCoist would be ‘rubbing it in’ if Rangers were in Celtic’s position at the moment, to which he replied ‘You’d better believe I would be.’
It is no secret that the Hoops have been outperforming Rangers in the Scottish Premiership this season - they currently sit at the top of the table with 34 points, while Rangers are in third with 23 points.
So far, Aberdeen are proving to be Celtic’s strongest competition in the title race, though the Dons hit a stumbling block in midweek when they drew 3-3 with a struggling Hibs outfit. There is a chasm between the two Glasgow clubs at the moment - something Stewart was keen to point out.