KRIS BOYD RESPOND TO ALLY MCCOIST AFTER BEING CALLED SNEAKY AND SHITTY OVER RUSSELL MARTIN COMMENT

KRIS BOYD RESPOND TO ALLY MCCOIST AFTER BEING CALLED SNEAKY AND SHITTY OVER RUSSELL MARTIN COMMENT

Kris Boyd Fires Back at Ally McCoist Over “Sneaky and Shitty” Russell Martin Jab

In the cutthroat world of Scottish football punditry, where loyalties run as deep as the Old Firm rivalry, former Rangers striker Kris Boyd has unleashed a blistering response to his longtime colleague Ally McCoist. The spat erupted after McCoist labeled Boyd’s recent critiques of Rangers manager Russell Martin as “sneaky and shitty,” accusing him of backstabbing a fellow ex-player amid the Ibrox crisis

The feud traces back to Rangers’ dismal 2025-26 season under Martin, the ex-Southampton boss appointed in a bold summer move. What started as cautious optimism from pundits like Boyd and McCoist has soured into outright calls for Martin’s sacking.

After a humiliating 1-0 Europa League loss to Genk at Ibrox on September 25—Rangers’ fourth defeat in six games—Boyd went nuclear on talkSPORT. “There’s no other option,” he declared, demanding not just Martin’s head but a complete overhaul of the recruitment team. “The level of recruitment has been unbelievably poor. It’s a shambles from top to bottom.”

McCoist, a Rangers icon with 215 goals for the club, initially defended Martin but has since piled on, mocking the manager’s “biscuit, tray, and whole tea set” start after a 2-0 Premiership drubbing by Hearts. Yet, in a fiery exchange on the same radio show, McCoist turned his ire on Boyd.

“Kris, that’s sneaky and shitty, mate,” he snapped, implying Boyd’s flip from early support—where he hailed Martin as a “good appointment”—to outright condemnation smacked of opportunism. McCoist, who managed Boyd briefly in 2014, added a personal dig: “You’ve got form for this, remember that Christmas night out you still hold against me?”


Boyd didn’t hold back, firing back live on air with characteristic bluntness. “Ally, you’re one to talk about loyalty when you’re slagging off the board and owners one minute, then defending the same shambles the next,” he retorted. “I backed Russell, sure—I said he turned down big English clubs for this gig. But results don’t lie. Tenth place? That’s not sneaky; that’s stating the bloody obvious.” Boyd even admitted his initial error: “I was wrong about him. Time to own it and move on.”



The duo’s on-air banter, laced with jabs at frozen-out midfielder Nicolas Raskin—”incredible” mistreatment, per McCoist—drew laughs but underscored deeper tensions. Fans flooded X with memes, dubbing it “Punditry’s Old Firm.” As Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh faces protests and Martin holds crisis talks, this Boyd-McCoist dust-up highlights the raw passion fueling Scotland’s football discourse.