Frankie 8,651 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/9468-warburton-appointed-manager Full club interview here: MARK Warburton has today been confirmed as the manager of Rangers Football Club. The 52 year-old becomes the first Englishman to manage the club, and he will bring with him former Rangers captain David Weir as his assistant, with both men signing on a three year deal. He has spent the last two seasons at London side Brentford, taking them from League One to the Championship in his first season, and then to fifth place and the play-offs in his second season in England’s second tier. The Bees were defeated by Middlesbrough in the play-offs, and he departed Griffin Park seeking a new challenge. Before his two year stint as a manager, Mark held the positions of first team coach and sporting director at Brentford having previously worked with a number of different youth teams at Watford. He was also instrumental in the creation of the NextGen pan-European under-19 cup competition, where the top European sides entered their teams prior to the UEFA Youth League being inaugurated. As a player, Mark was a youth under Ibrox icon Jock Wallace at Leicester City in the late 1970s, before playing non-league football with Enfield and Boreham Wood. Between ending his playing career and taking up a coaching role, he worked as a foreign exchange trader. Assistant David Weir meanwhile returns to Ibrox three and a half years after leaving. At Rangers, he won three league titles two Scottish Cups and three League Cups, with two, one and two coming as captain respectively. Initially signed on a short-term deal when Walter Smith returned to Rangers in January 2007, Weir ended up staying for five years, and he played a key role in Gers incredible run to the UEFA Cup Final in 2008. He left Rangers in January 2012 for Everton, where he was a player/coach of the Toffee’s reserve side before getting his first break in management at Sheffield United in the summer of 2013. That was to end in disappointment for him however, and he left Brammall Lane in October of that year, but two months later he was back in football as he joined Warburton at Brentford. The Rangers Board would like to express its gratitude to Stuart McCall and Kenny Black for their contribution to the Club in very difficult circumstances. They will always be welcomed back to Ibrox at any time. We wish them success in their futures. Edited June 15, 2015 by Frankie 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,651 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Press conference confirmed for 2.30pm... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublusince1982 243 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 That is one very proud looking man and so he should be. Congrats Mr Warburton and wish you all the best. Weir looks a little apprehensive! Surprised its our first english manager had never really thought of it before 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublusince1982 243 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Press conference confirmed for 2.30pm... any links for this? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,651 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 any links for this? Will be on the STV and BBC websites.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,266 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 http://sport.stv.tv/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,808 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Great news. Good picture. (Should have been a fountain pen - quality.) I was surprised that he's our first English manager, but it's not so unusual. We're a Scottish Club so the majority of our managers have been Scottish. The only time we've overlooked a Scot was to go European to succeed in Europe. Fresh start in many ways. I like how they mentioned the Jock Wallace connection, but completely omit the fact Warburton criticised his training methods! Edited June 15, 2015 by Rousseau 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,808 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Will be on the STV and BBC websites.... And Sky Sports HQ. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Welcome to Rangers Mr Warburton,and welcome back to Ibrox SDOW!. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,651 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Will be on the STV and BBC websites.... STV: http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/1322932-live-coverage-of-mark-warburtons-presentation-as-rangers-boss/ BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/21808550 Edited June 15, 2015 by Frankie 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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