How Alex Rae pushed Micky Beale out of his dream job

In a highly ironic move Alex Rae sat in the Ibrox Directors Box watching his club losing 3-1 to Aberdeen in Micky Beale’s final match in charge. Played 43, lost eight with four of them, 9% lost to Celtic.

That wasn’t quite the intention last October when the smoov talking QPR boss made an emotional return to Ibrox with Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s job in jeopardy.

QPR had played on the Friday night, rather than watch their next opponents playing the following day Beale headed to Ibrox, joined fans in the Louden Tavern pre-match then made a triumphant appearance in the Directors Box where the optics were so obvious.

Look lads, here is your solution, I’m staunch.

Within a month van Bronckhorst was binned with Beale stepping up his charm offensive with his first media conference gushing on about ‘the 56’ and how players would be wearing suits on matchdays. Bears openly drooled after van Bronckhorst’s cold media exchanges.

The squad wasn’t broken, six months earlier they had lost in the final of the Europa League, staunch Micky had watched and cheered every minute while drawing a salary out of Aston Villa and QPR. The Brains Behind Gerrard was back.

Ex-Rangers coach Michael Beale visits Louden Tavern ahead of Aberdeen match https://t.co/Js8u5zdUq2

— Glasgow Times Football (@GT_Football_) October 29, 2022

Alex Rae isn’t a stranger to the Directors Box but his addiction issues mean that he won’t be supping pints with the bears pre-match in the Louden.

It isn’t often that he is suited and booted with his head polished and sitting in with the movers and shakers on matchday. Apparently he is involved in a club charity.

Aberdeen’s 3-1 win at Ibrox was Beale’s third SPFL defeat in seven matches was to be his last.

When he watches his beloved club on Thursday in Cyprus he’ll see Steven Davis and Rae in his place in the dug out. Even Neil Banfield has been binned.

After the manner of his departure from QPR there won’t be a rush of clubs offering Beale a route back into football, a few shifts with Kenny Macintyre on Sportsound are more likely.

Davis has never managed a game at any level, there is nothing to show that he has a UEFA Pro Coaching Licence.

Last season he assisted Paul Ince in getting Reading relegated from the Championship.

On his own he has managed Dundee and St Mirren. At St Mirren he won 13 of 32 matches in the Championship, with Dundee it was 42 wins in 98 games failing to get out of the Championship.

Here’s my take on Beale.
Any manager that attends a game/in the boardroom with the board members when another manager (Van Bronkhurst) is under severe pressure is not to be trusted.

Ask any single person in football and they’ll tell you the exact same thing.
You don’t do that.

— Lee Mair (@LMairzo) October 1, 2023

Tremendous performance from Kilmarnock fc as Celtic crash out league cup
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— Alex Rae (@alexrae1969) August 20, 2023

Ladies and Gentleman, Alex Rae ? pic.twitter.com/7yfuFTN9TS

— thebhoy72 (@thebhoy72) October 1, 2023

Alex Rae I never heard of EBTs sep 29, 2012?? Had a £569k EBT and side Letter, but he never heard of them??? pic.twitter.com/bcrt2gQrtr

— Craig Whyte (@RIPRFC) September 29, 2023

Alex Rae
£569k EBT Recipient

No Tax Paid – #CollectThemAll@ScottishFA @HMRCgovuk pic.twitter.com/NaWQ9a9xrE

— RhebelRhebel (@RhebelRhebel) March 24, 2018

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