Richard Gough on treasured Rangers moments with Andy Goram as he reveals The Goalie's final goodbye request
dailyrecord.co.ukIn some ways, Richard Gough reckons it’s for the best he never got the chance to see old pal Andy Goram one last time. Now living in California, the former Ibrox captain had gone a couple of years without meeting up with the man who he claims had “repeatedly saved my ass” with his heroics in goal during their days as the bedrock of Rangers ’ nine-in-a-row backline.
He was hoping to put that right as he returned to Scotland for the Scottish Cup Final six weeks ago. After learning Goram was facing an increasingly bleak fight against cancer, Gough called the former Gers keeper asking if he could visit him.
The answer he received was the same as when he’d tried to arrange a reunion with Walter Smith late last year. Both men, with their health failing, told their old skipper to stay away and to remember them as he knew them in their prime.
And it’s those memories Gough will now cling to following Goram’s tragically early passing aged just 58. He told Record Sport : “We knew Andy was very ill.
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