He ate me toast! – Jamie O'Hara falls for Ally McCoist's Rangers prank after Europa League clash
Jamie O'Hara was left blushing after falling victim to a hilarious prank call from Ally McCoist.
The former talkSPORT presenter ranger The hero was jubilant after his beloved club put on an excellent display to celebrate Tottenham still 1-1 draw in the Europa League.
AND McCoist He couldn't resist ending things with the former Spurs player. O'Hara about the result, when he telephoned The sports bar shortly after full time.
But the Scot made sure to use a different alias to prank his colleague, with the help of his co-host. Jason Cundy.
Introduced as a “Hamish the Rangers fan”, McCoist attempted to disguise his voice as he called to praise his team, after O'Hara bemoaned Tottenham's performance.
He began: “There's a different group tonight, I'm listening to you guys. I'm listening to O'Hara and: “That's the Spurs, great.” angel that'.
“The Rangers were on a different level tonight, come on J!”
The 62-year-old continued: “It was incredible, I tell you!
“The substitutes, to be fair to the great Ange, made one or two changes, brought (Dejan) Kulusevsky on the right, he did well, and the boy, the great center forward (Dominic Solanke), and they did it well, they changed it a little bit.
Referring to Fraser Forster's last-minute save that denied the Gers victory, 'Hamish' added: “But what about the last-minute save!”
The joke clearly worked with O'Hara, who quickly tried to put his enthusiastic and mysterious interlocutor in his place, much to Cundy's visible surprise.
He responded: “I mean, listen, fair play to the Rangers.
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“You did well tonight. You played against a much superior team and you gave a good account of yourself.
“You are a good team in Europe. You get to the end of the tournaments and you do well, but don't get carried away. You didn't beat us and you won 3-0. It was 1-1.” .”
Rangers’ all-time leading goalscorer admitted: “No, I agree with you.
“I'm not getting carried away, but it was a much better level of performance than we've seen.”
O'Hara responded unconvinced: “Well, I really don't know. I mean, how have you been doing in the league? It has been Aberdeen and Celtic“Seriously, this year, right?”
But it was McCoist's next comment that made his mask fall, as he enthusiastically described the atmosphere at Ibrox.
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He said, “I mean the place was electric tonight! Electric, I tell you!”
It was at this point that O'Hara realized, as his serious expression turned into a smile.
Laughing when 'Hamish''s true identity became clear, he said: “Honestly, I've been sucked in here. I just found out who it is! This is McCoist, isn't it?
“I thought, 'Hamish, the Rangers fan.' Oh, McCoist called us and made me toast!
O'Hara's reaction made both McCoist and Cundy nervous, as their studio partner revealed that he had been behind the name choice.
Cundy, struggling to contain herself, said to the Scotsman: “Who do you think came up with Hamish, Ally? I just said the most Scottish name I could think of!”
And O'Hara admitted that the rope joke had worked wonders, when he said: “McCoist, you sucked me right there!
“I was just about to get the hump and start digging you out!”
