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Ewan Paton

Celtic-daft John Higgins aims cheeky Rangers pop at Ally McCoist

Celtic-daft John Higgins couldn't resist a cheeky pop at Rangers hero Ally McCoist during a TV appearance together at the Crucible.

McCoist joined the TNT Sports commentary team from the World Snooker Championships at the famous venue in Sheffield.

McCoist was joined in the studio by fellow commentator Darren Fletcher, as well as Higgins and Alan McManus. Ronnie O'Sullivan also joined in the interview.

McCoist and Higgins know each other well, but the latter couldn't help but get a cheeky football dig in at his pal.

McCoist and Fletch had both successfully attempted Dennis Taylor's black ball when messing around off-camera.

"We both had a go at Dennis's winning black, and would it surprise you at all to know that Ally," Fletcher said before Higgins interjected. 

Sparking great hilarity, Higgins said: "Fluked it?

"I've watched him enough at Rangers over the years!"

McCoist came in: "We both got it, the worrying thing is we used Jimmy [White's] cue. I couldn't believe how light his cue was."


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Higgins later asked McCoist about the future of Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.

He asked: "I’ve just seen reports that [Daniel] Levy is trying to get Brendan Rodgers to go to Tottenham Hotspur – is there any truth in that rumour?"

McCoist replied: "John, I’ll be honest with you mate, I’m trying to get him to go anywhere!"

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