Huns answer to getting beat, thuggery.
Ibrox Noise
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September 4, 2023
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Muscat was branded a "lowlife" and a "nobody" by ex-England striker
Ian Wright, then of
Nottingham Forest, in September 1999. Wright claimed he was about to shoot when he heard
Dougie Freedman, Forest's other striker, shout "leave it". Wright stepped over the ball to allow Freedman to hit it, but instead Muscat (who had, according to Wright, merely impersonated Freedman) appeared to clear the ball.
[21]
Muscat was dubbed the "most hated man in football" by then
Birmingham City player
Martin Grainger in 2000 after a reckless tackle against international teammate,
Stan Lazaridis.
[22] He seriously injured both Craig Bellamy and Christophe Dugarry, the latter in a friendly international between Australia and
France in 2001 with a sliding tackle from behind.
[22] The French manager
Roger Lemerre dubbed the tackle "an act of brutality".
[22][23] It was speculated that
Muscat's temperament was the reason he was never selected for inclusion in an Old Firm derby during his time at Rangers.
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