Weir Revelling in Latest Batch of Good Times Scotland and Rangers Defender Enjoying Life in the Fast Lane As He Looks Forward to the Next Test in His Resurgent Career

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IT WAS gone 3am by the time David Weir put the key in the door of his west end flat, the vanquished Ranger home from Spain. Strange trips, these. Sometimes he returns and he's asleep in minutes; dead to the world. Other times, he wouldn't nod off no matter what he did. There's no guessing what his body is going to tell him in these situations. Wednesday night into Thursday morning the body said: "Forget about the zzz, Davie. Get down the road, big man."

Getting down the road was supposed to wait until the morning. Or at least, later in the day. One of the sacrifices of becoming a Rangers player is that he must for the most part live away from his wife and four children who remain happily settled in Warrington, a three-hour drive south. They had a little chat about it in the summer, discussed a move north, but decided against it. Everybody's happy where they are, why change?

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Weir Revelling in Latest Batch of Good Times Scotland and Rangers Defender Enjoying Life in the Fast Lane As He Looks Forward to the Next Test in His Resurgent Career

The travel is a bit of a pain for Weir but it's the price he pays, one he is happy to pay for a shot at the big-time at Ibrox. But give him a chance to see the family and he takes it every time.

A little after 3:30am he abandoned the idea of getting to sleep, packed a bag and hit the road. "I was wide awake. I was pacing around the flat saying 'the...

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