Alistair Aird

Alistair first became intoxicated with all things Rangers when his dad took him to Ibrox in March 1988 to watch the Light Blues take on Motherwell. In this era of cash at the turnstiles and multi-coloured seats, he sat in the brown section of the Broomloan Road stand and watched Ian Durrant score the only goal of the game.

On that March afternoon Alistair witnessed a Rangers side that were on the cusp of one of the most successful eras in their history, and he watched with great delight as they emerged from a spell in the doldrums in the 1980s to embark on a decade of domestic domination that brought nine successive league titles to Ibrox in addition to numerous triumphs in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

That epoch gave rise to a multitude of memories, but it was 2008 before Alistair achieved his ambition when he saw his heroes play in a European final. Although defeat against Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Cup Final tainted the occasion somewhat, it was still a special moment for all supporters of a light blue hue. Aside from that day when he joined around 150,000 fellow supporters in Manchester, Alistair has fond memories of two Old Firm wins over Celtic (4-0 in March 2000 and 5-1 eight months later) and the two final-day SPL title triumphs in 2003 and 2005.

Alistair's list of heroes includes Brian Laudrup, Paul Gascoigne, Jorg Albertz and Ally McCoist, and it was the latter that provided the subject matter for his first book, Ally McCoist - Portrait of a Hero, which was published in May 2008.

A season-ticket holder in the Bill Struth Main Stand since 1999 and a shareholder ­ he is extremely proud of every one of his 133 shares - Alistair is married to Sharon, one of the few people in his life that doesn't play second fiddle to his beloved Rangers.

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