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Robbie Hanratty

Graeme Murty admits Rangers handstand leaves him mortified as he reveals Celtic pal's brutal wind up

Graeme Murty has revealed he's still 'mortified' by his infamous handstand reaction during Rangers defeat to Dundee in 2017.

The former Ibrox boss recalled the incident in a sit down interview with BBC reporter Kenny MacIntyre and admits he wish it had never happened.

Harry Forrester missed a gilt-edged sitter which would have levelled up the game, screwing high and wide from six-yards out.

And that moment tipped Murty over the edge, lading the manager into a bizarre acrobatic handstand move on the touchline as the pressure got too much.

The result meant Rangers were six points adrift of second-placed Aberdeen and a full 30 points behind champions elect Celtic.

He said: "Yeah. So, I think we're 2-1 down at Dens, it's in the last couple of minutes and I'm on my haunches because I'm into the moment.

"The ball drops in the box and Harry Forrester is there and you're thinking: 'Brilliant technique, real good guy, this is the moment, we get the draw no problem.'

"And he larrups it over the bar and you're like: 'Oh no.'

"As you go backwards, like: 'Im going to go here. Right I'm going to turn it into a roll back over and a handstand out', and it didn't work.

"The worst part of it is, you're mortified because you've done that.

"David McCallum never noticed. So he's next to me. If you look at any of the photos, he's next to me.

"He had no idea that it had happened and I tried to play it off. Obviously everyone got it on camera so as a professional, you're mortified you've done it.

"But I think I said at the time: 'Listen, I've got other things to be considering, not me doing that. I've got to consider the players, the players lost a game, I've got to make sure that we get back on track' and people made a big thing of it.

"One of my best friends was at the Celtic game when we got the 1-1 draw and he sent me a video of a guy doing a handstand in the stand when Clint Hill scored, and his mates holding his feet and he's singing 'Let's All Do The Murty', and he thought it was funniest thing he'd ever seen.

"And I wish it hadn't happened."

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