ALLY MCCOIST admitted he was quids in last night as he celebrated Rangers' win over Union Saint-Gilloise.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit in the Champions League qualifier to progress 3-2 on aggregate.

James Tavernier, Antonio Colak and Malik Tillman were all on the scoresheet during the 3-0 victory.

While McCoist was naturally pleased that his former side had won - securing their progression to the play-off round - the former Ibrox player and manager revealed he had an extra reason to punch the air with joy.

The Gers legend placed a bet that Tavernier would be first goalscorer in the match, with the pundit getting the price at 8/1.

On Tuesday, McCoist told talkSPORT listeners that he fancied the skipper to bag first due to his impressive record in Europe. He was initially told that the odds were 13/2. 

So McCoist was one "happy Scotsman" to have gotten even more generous odds on the bet.

He told the radio station this morning: "I mentioned it yesterday and got quoted 13/2. But I managed to do a bit better than that.

"I got Tavernier at 8s for first goalscorer, so this is quite a happy Scotsman here!"

Rangers will face PSV next week in the play-off round of the competition. 

Having watched their highlights as they Dutch side beat Monaco, McCoist says they will be no pushovers.

He added: "If we do the business against PSV I guarantee he will be getting a message.

"I briefly watched the highlights of PSV last night, they are a good team, they deserved to go through against Monaco.

"With Cody Gakpo and Joey Veerman, I like him a lot. Veerman is the lad who Rangers were interested in a few years back.

"We could do with Manchester United continuing their interest in taking Gakpo.

"Its a tough one to call, it is two teams that wouldn't look out of place in the Champions League group stages - let's put it that way."