On Monday afternoon Micky Beale was probably finking that fings couldn’t get much worse for him.
It had been a tough dozen games for the legendary Murray Park coach, the man that laid out the cones and bibs before Steven Gerrard and Gary McAllister took charge of training wif Beale observing from the sidelines.
Incredibly after he was rumbled at Ibrox after 10 months of sound-bites, hot air and promises Sunderland offered him their manager’s job after sacking Tony Mowbray.
Unlike the Gullible & Deluded at Ibrox Sunderland fans saw through Beale straight away, in the north east the natives work hard and know their football. It would take more than a pre-match visit to some local pubs and photo opportunities to convince them that the former Charlton youth team reject was capable of improving on Mowbray.
Saturday’s defeat away to Mowbray’s Birmingham City followed a midweek loss at Huddersfield and Beale was gone #bealeout. It took the Sunderland board 12 matches to suss out that they had been sold a pup with coaching badges.
While fans were calling for his head an account on X had been trying desperately to stand up for Beale- with a trail all the way back to the man himself, founded in July 2017 in-between a very brief spell as an assistant manager in Brazil and taking up the key role of Liverpool u-5 coaching co-ordinator.
Beale used social media extensively to create a profile for himself at Ibrox, after leaving he continued to appear on Ibrox fan podcasts and was always willing to be interviewed by fan media website.
At times it seems that McAllister and Gerrard were his assistants.
During 10 months at Ibrox Beale’s insecurities were always close to the surface, he was forever name dropping and talking account his own achievements.
With three short managerial reigns on his CV and his burner account activities it looks like the only career path open to Beale is to join Kenny Macintyre and the lads at BBC Sportsound.
An incredible development in the Mick Beale/Sunderland saga…
Honestly, you NEED to see this.
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(Credit to @WhatTheFalkPod for the great detective work) pic.twitter.com/8aQWOfIOlB
— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) February 20, 2024
A now deleted X account called @Player__id had been posting pro-Mick Beale tweets over the last few days.
It includes this, defending him for not shaking Trai Hume’s hand at the weekend. pic.twitter.com/kmSKAvBxk1
— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) February 20, 2024
It also retweeted this post… pic.twitter.com/uRo7AksBFh
— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) February 20, 2024
And going even further back, it posted this from when he was in charge of Rangers pic.twitter.com/4r42wfOaPK
— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) February 20, 2024
Now you might be thinking, it’s a bit weird, but so what?
Well what if we told you the person behind the account… appears to be… Mick Beale. pic.twitter.com/EGrw1QDSKl
— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) February 20, 2024
Here’s some further evidence from Beale’s LinkedIn page pic.twitter.com/TqdKhz6fUr
— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) February 20, 2024
Positive he was on here arguing with Rangers fans about tactics when he was a coach there under Gerrard when they were getting pumped. He’s a weirdo.
— Pinenka Cards (@PinenkaCards) February 20, 2024