BT Sport pundit Ally McCoist is in ‘good spirits’ after an operation to have the smile surgically removed from his face.
Doctors say the 59-year-old is recovering well after the complicated nine-hour procedure, which involved some of Scotland’s top surgeons.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – AUGUST 23: Rangers manger Ally McCoist during the Scottish Championship League Match between Rangers and Dumbarton, at Ibrox Stadium on August 23, 2014 Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
McCoist reported feeling ‘very well’ after dancing on the BT Sport gantry following Rangers’ 3-1 triumph over RB Leipzig, which sent the Ibrox club into the Europa League Final.
The club’s former manager and record goalscorer was then whisked away to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where doctors fought to remove his ‘big cheesy grin’.
Speaking from his hospital bed, McCoist told Paddy Power News:
‘The surgeon told me there’d be a wee bit of scarring but she managed to remove around 97% of my smile’.
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‘They told me to get plenty of rest and avoid watching the highlights from last night’s game and I should be braw’.
Head of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital’s Specialist Drama Unit, Dr Steph O’Scope, who carried out the procedure, told us:
‘Although the operation was a success, the chances of his smile coming back remain extremely high’.
‘Particularly if Rangers beat Frankfurt in the final or Celtic somehow manage to throw away their six point lead at the top of the SPL’.
Meanwhile, Dr O’Scope also revealed that McCoist was being treated for a stage 4 hangover.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – MAY 05: Glen Kamara of Rangers celebrates after scoring their sides second goal by kissing his black arm band in honour of kit man Jimmy Bell uring the UEFA Europa League Semi Final Leg Two match between Rangers and RB Leipzig at Ibrox Stadium on May 05, 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
‘I’ve administered 568mls of milkman’s orange and 66000mgs of sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry’.
‘I’ve recommended Ally swears himself off the bevvy for good and deletes his Snapchat stories’.
In other news, bars and restaurants around Seville’s Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium are stockpiling supplies of Irn Bru and batter after it was reported as many as 100,000 Rangers fans are preparing to descend upon the Spanish city.
‘Are you sure this is fit for human consumption?’ quizzed one Sevillian restaurateur while deep-frying a Mars Bar.
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