Rangers legend Goram dies: Tributes for Scotland icon who came to Sir Alex's rescue

The iconic Scotland goalkeeper passed away on Saturday following a short battle with cancer.

A Gers statement read: "Rangers Football Club are today deeply saddened to announce the death of our legendary goalkeeper, Andy Goram, following a short battle with cancer," a club statement said.

"The thoughts of the directors, management, players and staff are today with Andy's family, and would ask that their privacy is respected at this sad time."

Goram recently revealed that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and had just weeks to live.

He made 260 appearances for Rangers between 1991 and 1998, winning five league titles, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups.

In a supporters' poll in 1999, Goram was voted the greatest Rangers goalkeeper of all time.

He is also fondly remembered at Oldham, where his senior career began, and at Hibernian - where he spent four years before joining Rangers in 1991.

After seven glorious years at Rangers, Goram spent three years at Motherwell and even joined Manchester United on loan as a 37-year-old.

The larger-than-life goalkeeper, known affectionately as 'The Goalie', won 43 caps for Scotland, the first of which was given by Sir Alex Ferguson in 1985.

Goram famously came to Sir Alex's rescue at Old Trafford in 2001 amid a goalkeeping crisis - and ended up with a Premier League winners' medal after a short loan spell which saw him feature for the Red Devils in two league matches.

Tributes have poured in across social media for one of Scotland's greatest-ever goalkeepers…