Reading have sacked their management team of Paul Ince and Alex Rae.
A disastrous run of three wins and nine defeats since Christmas Day saw Reading drop like a stone in the Championship even before a six point deduction for financial irregularities.
Yesterday’s 2-1 defeat away to Preston proved to be the final straw with the announcement made this morning that the management team had been binned.
CLUB STATEMENT | Reading Football Club can confirm that the contract of first team manager Paul Ince has been terminated with immediate effect.
Under-21s Manager and former Royals striker, Noel Hunt, has been installed as Interim First Team Manager until the end of the season.
— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) April 11, 2023
Reading announced:
However, without a win in our last eight matches and with a relegation battle to fight following a six-point deduction imposed last week, owner Mr Dai Yongge has decided that a change is needed. Assistant Manager Alex Rae has also departed the club.
Ince’s Walternacio style of parking the bus had proved very unpopular with fans where his son Tom is a fixture in midfield.
After spells in charge of Dundee and St Mirren Rae seems to have settled into life as a Number 2, working with Alex McLeish in Belgium at Genk and alongside Ince at MK Dons, Blackpool and Reading.
Rae is expected to be back on the Scottish media circuit at the weekend, working in tandem with Kenny Miller who was dumped by Huddersfield after a couple of months as assistant to Mark Fotheringham.
“Having been around football for a long time I’m skeptical how good he really is. We have heard he can play left back, left wing and even striker. automatically my instincts are telling me that I’m not buying this”
Alex Rae on reo Hatate Jan 5 2022No bad at CM! pic.twitter.com/ZXH28guJNU
— Paul (@PaulMal85595672) February 3, 2022
Should non-Scottish referees be appointed for future Glasgow Derbies?
Yes- the only possible answer
No, best to stick with our local refs
Not to worry . His many friends in the SMSM will ensure Rae will be in commentating /opinion duties ensuring a nice little earner to keep his fleet of taxis on the road ! Look out for the ‘World Exclusive’ on his highly successful time at reading in one of the tabloid rags . In days gone by ,it was known as The Grip !
It’s the toss of a coin for wee Quark from Deep Space 9, radio snyde or shortbread probably be on one of them tonight it’s a CERT.
Watch on his first stint back as a pundit with QUOTES of massive amounts money coming in the summer from Asia for the fresh fruit and veg man to spend.
Season books need to sold this bawbag came out with this shite previously last season and the season before that,watch this space.
As the BENNYS will fall for it,they always do.
There must be a job at BBC Scotland surely for this horrible little man.
Fk atl be uncle fester back on airwaves of bbc soon
Nosferatu back to haunt the night time on Scotland’s streets.
“Wee moosies” everywhere beware!
Jambos sorted then.
My favourite memory of this two-bit loser was him telling the press how much he was looking forward to getting struck in aboot Neil Lennon in his “olde fyrme” debut… in the event, he never got near Lenny – he got carted off missing a couple of teeth after colliding with Aiden McGeady’s shoulder….