CAMERON MENZIES broke down in tears at the Ally Pally because he wanted to win for his ill day Ricky. The drama at the Ally Pally came just hours after Ally McCoist had given support to the under pressure Scot ahead of his World Championship clash. The Ayrshire star was distraught as his dreams were shattered in London as fans hounded him with chants and jibes.
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His manager Tommy Gilmour has revealed the true story behind Menzies’ stage breakdown in the latter stages of his defeat to Leonard Gates on Monday night. Just minutes after the harrowing scenes, Menzies posted a picture on social media next to his dad Ricky in a hospital bed saying “this is all”.
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Gilmour opened up on what Menzies has needed to cope with in the lead up to the Ally Pally and why he sought the help of legend McCoist. He admitted: “Ally McCoist is his greatest hero in sport. So I got Ally to phone him just a couple of days ago, once his old man had had the operation and just to try and cheer him up because he spent the last couple of weeks up here in Scotland, trying to do it.
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“We were aware that he was going in under a lot of stress and this was the best way to try and shake him up because he’s never, for all his biggest heroes, he’s never actually spoken to or mentioned anything to do with Coisty. “But I knew that that was his hero, so I got Coisty to speak to him, to do it. But it’s only now that his dad’s starting to make improvements.
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