Football: I'LL TAKE HIBS FANS' ABUSE ON THE CHIN; ALEX McLEISH on his first trip back to Easter Road as Rangers manager No mercy plea before live showdown.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: December 26, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael BAILLIE

THERE will be little seasonal goodwill in evidence at Leith as Alex McLeish returns to his former stomping ground this evening.

But McLeish, who took over at Ibrox just two weeks ago, insists he's strong enough to take any abuse the Easter Road faithful might dish out to him.

Big Eck had attained hero status among Hibs fans after winning promotion to the SPL, challenging for the title last season and taking the club into Europe for the first time in a decade.

But football fans have notoriously short memories and those achievements were ...

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