McCoist determined to avoid shock

Rangers assistant boss McCoist was part of the team which suffered one of the biggest upsets in Scottish Cup history when part-time Accies won 1-0 in a third-round clash at Ibrox.Sprott was the unlikely hero for the visitors, ending goalkeeper Chris Woods' British record-breaking run of 1,196 minutes without conceding a goal, and his name will never be forgotten by Hamilton fans - or McCoist.The 46-year-old former striker will take charge of Rangers on Sunday - as is Walter Smith's wont in all domestic cup ties - and is desperate to avoid a repeat in what is the sides' first Scottish Cup meeting at Ibrox since that fateful day."You don't have to look very far to motivate the lads ahead of this one, do you?" said McCoist, looking ahead to the quarter-final."I played in the game against Hamilton in 1987 and they did really well to knock us out of the cup that day. Fair play to them."I remember the match vividly. We absolutely battered them but their goalkeeper was superb, they defended really well and they took their chance when they got it."Even now, I've still got a bee in my bonnet about it. They were in the same division as us but it was a big shock and we should have beaten them."It was a massive, massive blow to us and if our lads need any reminders of what sort of surprises can happen in this competition, they just have to look at that game."We had some great players in our side - guys like Graeme Souness, Terry Butcher, and Woods - but what happened was a lesson to us all."He added in Rangers News: "I remember the atmosphere in the dressing room afterwards."The look on Graeme's face is hard to forget, although with the greatest respect to him, I didn't need to see it to see how bad a result it was."McCoist might take some perverse pleasure in the fact Sprott's famous 70th-minute goal earned him only an extra £350.And while he has not been allowed to forget his strike, the former Stenhousemuir player does not look back on the Accies' bonus scheme with much affection.Sprott said: "We actually hadn't spoken about win bonuses before the game which was a bit unusual for footballers."Usually, you want to know what you'll get if you go on and win but I think it told its own story about what we thought our chances were of winning."We got £500 - which got taxed - so ended up with around £350."I was part-time back then and I think I might have been on about £50 a week plus bonuses. It was peanuts."We actually earned less in the Premier Division than in the previous season when we were in the First Division because of the bonuses." Rangers v Hamilton To Score 5+ Goals: Rangers 8/1 

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