ALLY MCCOIST admitted he was quids in last night as he celebrated Rangers' win over Union Saint-Gilloise.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit in the Champions League qualifier to progress 3-2 on aggregate.
James Tavernier, Antonio Colak and Malik Tillman were all on the scoresheet during the 3-0 victory.
While McCoist was naturally pleased that his former side had won - securing their progression to the play-off round - the former Ibrox player and manager revealed he had an extra reason to punch the air with joy.
The Gers legend placed a bet that Tavernier would be first goalscorer in the match, with the pundit getting the price at 8/1.
On Tuesday, McCoist told talkSPORT listeners that he fancied the skipper to bag first due to his impressive record in Europe. He was initially told that the odds were 13/2.
So McCoist was one "happy Scotsman" to have gotten even more generous odds on the bet.
He told the radio station this morning: "I mentioned it yesterday and got quoted 13/2. But I managed to do a bit better than that.
"I got Tavernier at 8s for first goalscorer, so this is quite a happy Scotsman here!"
Rangers will face PSV next week in the play-off round of the competition.
Having watched their highlights as they Dutch side beat Monaco, McCoist says they will be no pushovers.
He added: "If we do the business against PSV I guarantee he will be getting a message.
"I briefly watched the highlights of PSV last night, they are a good team, they deserved to go through against Monaco.
"With Cody Gakpo and Joey Veerman, I like him a lot. Veerman is the lad who Rangers were interested in a few years back.
"We could do with Manchester United continuing their interest in taking Gakpo.
"Its a tough one to call, it is two teams that wouldn't look out of place in the Champions League group stages - let's put it that way."
