Darrell Currie loves every laugh-a-minute he shares with Ally McCoist and Chris Sutton. And as BT Sport embarks on another season following Scotland’s clubs in Europe, he expects his sides to be splitting as the Old Firm rivals slug it out on screen.
The broadcaster admits that seeing the other side of McCoist, in particular, as Rangers swept to the Europa League final, brought home to him just how much the club means to the former Ibrox icon who managed them through their darkest days a decade ago. Currie watched Coisty go through the whole gamut of emotions as Gers swept to Seville in the season the club lost managerial legend Walter Smith and kitman Jimmy Bell.
And he admits watching the former Scotland striker struggle to keep a lid on his feelings gave him some of his toughest moments behind the microphone. The Glaswegian, 40, told Record Sport : “The European nights are my favourite nights in broadcasting, without doubt.