CHAMPAGNE CORKS POP AS RANGERS' PARTY-MAD GOALIE QUITS LUXURY FLAT; REMOVAL MEN AT PLAYER'S pounds 1m PAD.

Byline: Tom Hamilton

NEIGHBOURS of bad-boy Rangers goalie Allan McGregor celebrated last night as he moved out of his plush pad.

Removal squads emptied the sumptuous pounds 975,000 penthouse in the west end of Glasgow early yesterday - less than two years after "Greegs", 27, moved in.

The pounds 15,000-a-week keeper and his girlfriend Leah Shevlin weren't there to supervise, having flown out on holiday earlier this week.

The party-loving couple have been at the centre of numerous rows with their neighbours.

They regularly entertained friends at noisy late-night get-togetherand police were called on at least one occasion.

McGregor's pounds 120,000 Bentley was also trashed with acid outside the property.

As they watched the removal men load up, neighbours couldn't hide their joy. One said: "We're glad to see the back of them. They were party animals.

"There will be a very special celebration party in the terrace now they've packed up at last.

"The champagne corks will be popping, let me tell you."

McGregor's future at Ibrox has been in doubt since his marathon booze-up with team-mate Barry Ferguson while on Scotland duty at Cameron House Hotel. The pair were dropped from the national team then banned for life after making V-signs at photographers from the bench at Hampden.

Rangers also fined and banned them and put them on the transfer list for bringing the club into disrepute.

Vases

McGregor hit the headlines over his colourful lifestyle and relationships with a series of WAGs before he got engaged to Leah in Dubai in May last year.

They got the house ready for the move early this week.

And they showed no sings of any strain in their relationship - despite weekend revelations that McGregor was out on the town in the company of other women while Leah was left home alone. The neighbour said: "She didn't seem bothered by anything that had been in the Sunday papers.

"She was out in the street just before they went on holiday, leaving some very nice furniture, including a table, paintings and vases, for the rubbish men.

"He has been trying to sell the house privately through an estate agent for some time and was looking for pounds 900,000 to secure a quick sale, although that would have meant a pounds 75,000 loss.

"There was talk of renting it out but the last time he spoke to anyone, he had no prospective tenants and he said that he had not bought anywhere else.

"The removal men said they were putting his stuff in storage, so we're all hoping he's moving away from Scotland.

"We'll certainly not be mourning his passing. We've been through quite enough, thank you very much."

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FLIT: McGregor and Leah. Above and right, removal men at the couple's flat ATTACKED: McGregor's car