Ewan Chester (Former Chief Scout) Back at the Club

[Davy Vandenbroucke 26,146]

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4136630/ewan-chester-Rangers-scout-mark-allen-tom-miller/

SCOUT'S HONOUR 

Ex-Rangers chief scout Ewan Chester brought back to Ibrox by Mark Allen

The talent spotter identified several future stars during his first two Gers spells, including Lorenzo Amoruso, Marco Negri and Claudio Reyna

By Gary Taylor

17th April 2019, 10:11 pm

Rangers TV commentator Tom Miller has revealed former chief scout Ewan Chester is working for the club again.

Chester’s first spell at the club came under Graeme Souness is the 80s and he was a key figure at Ibrox during the Nine in a Row era.

Chester, pictured in 2000, was a key figure behind the scenes in two spells at Rangers

Rangers TV’s Tom Miller revealed talent spotter’s return

He returned in 2007 with Walter Smith before quitting for Norwich three years later.

The veteran talent spotter identified several future stars during his Rangers stints, including Lorenzo Amoruso, Marco Negri, Claudio Reyna, Jean-Alain Boumsong and Steven Davis.

Miller, speaking on Rock Sport, says director of football Mark Allen has called on Chester’s expertise in recent times.

He said: “Mark Allen inherited zero by way of a recruitment or scouting department."

"He had that to put in place."

“He immediately turned to a Rangers legend in John Brown who had done that work before in the days of Walter Smith.

“He’s since got Ewan Chester involved."

“Ewan Chester is the guy who has been chief scout for Fulham, Brighton and Birmingham in recent seasons."

“He was twice chief scout at Rangers, many years ago."

“He knows the game inside out, who the movers and shakers are when you’re looking to get loan players or sign players permanently. So Ewan’s involved as well.”

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

We should be recruiting John Park, the ex scum scout, before he ends up back there again.

[Prso's headband 35,428]

Thank fuck someone that knows what they’re doing in that department. 

First thing to tell Allen he’s having a laugh with the proposed rumoured signings we’re interested in. 

[Blueteeth 2,185]

Tom Miller looks like he's on crack 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Meh 

[Ferris Bueller 1,569]

Not sure about this, the game and where we are in the grand scheme of things has moved on since he was with us before.

Where we shop and how we spend is completely different.

[Leeds_Bear 8,110]

Knows a Rangers player, does he know a modern player though? What’s he been doing since us?

Fulham and Birmingham most recent clubs on his CV..doesn’t bold well considering their recent recruitment. 

[KeyserSoze 14,531]

Another set of experienced eyes looking for talent must be a good thing.   

Souness and Smith seemed to trust him. Good enough for me. 

 

[dee9 3,972]

1 hour ago, Blueteeth said:

Tom Miller looks like he's on crack 

Have you heard his commentary? Sounds like he's on it aswell.

[Smile 26,600]

1 hour ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said:

We should be recruiting John Park, the ex scum scout, before he ends up back there again.

too late I'm sure he was Lennon's first appointment.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,775]

Don’t see how this is a bad thing. Knows the club inside out and is vastly experienced. 

Interesting that we are being linked with so many SPFL players now though because that seems to be a market that he keeps a close eye on. There’s a string of players who have played up here at some point who end up at clubs he’s involved at.

[TMB 14,167]

2 hours ago, SeparateEntityMyArse said:

We should be recruiting John Park, the ex scum scout, before he ends up back there again.

I’m not sure why we’ve never brought him here.  He’s a Rangers fan and wants to work with us. It seems like we’ve never opened the door to him it’s crazy.

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

25 minutes ago, Smile said:

too late I'm sure he was Lennon's first appointment.

Wouldnt surprise me, as soon as the current guy Congerton(?) leaves which is imminent.

[ready1873 3,885]

31 minutes ago, dee9 said:

Have you heard his commentary? Sounds like he's on it aswell.

Got the wee cunt on twitter he's abroad more times than he's in Scotland. Must be getting paid too much. 

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

5 minutes ago, TMB said:

I’m not sure why we’ve never brought him here.  He’s a Rangers fan and wants to work with us. It seems like we’ve never opened the door to him it’s crazy.

His record seems impressive. To the scum's benefit if he's rejoining them.

[KingKaiJohansen 118]

We just love bringing someone back to the club, don't we? 

[BlueKnight87 17,281]

Experienced scout and knows the club well.

With a bit of luck he will have some good targets for us to improve the first team

[Blueteeth 2,185]

1 hour ago, dee9 said:

Have you heard his commentary? Sounds like he's on it aswell.

 I’d say hash, he says some right weird things during commentary. 

[Lloyd 10,756]

25 minutes ago, Blueteeth said:

 I’d say hash, he says some right weird things during commentary. 

He just never shuts up, he has to fill every silence with some pish story, a shout out to a Rangers fan he talks to on twitter or to make a shite joke. 

[OhW 4,669]

39 minutes ago, Blueteeth said:

hash

#tbt

[Gman36 3,455]

2 hours ago, KingKaiJohansen said:

We just love bringing someone back to the club, don't we? 

We're stuck in the past aren't we?

Either that or face up to the horrors of them getting 9 trophies in a row, coasting to 9iar and looking strong for 10iar. All whilst our head man tells us we're a bawhair from dominance. 

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,775]

Honestly don’t see how anybody can have a problem with this.

Playing for us is about character as much as it’s about ability and even if some didn’t hit the mark I think the overall success we had during his time here shows that he clearly has a decent eye for a player with the talent, and maybe more importantly, the character required to do well for us.

[Blueteeth 2,185]

1 hour ago, Lloyd said:

He just never shuts up, he has to fill every silence with some pish story, a shout out to a Rangers fan he talks to on twitter or to make a shite joke. 

 Then you have Lovenkrands commentating alongside him with his weird Pakistani-highlighted Scottish accent

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

The sun have pulled this story from their site it seems and the Birmingham Mail are reporting that there has been no contact between us and Chester.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,775]

10 minutes ago, LaudrupsPatrickBoots said:

The sun have pulled this story from their site it seems and the Birmingham Mail are reporting that there has been no contact between us and Chester.

Shows how shite journalism is these days.

One dropped line in an interview or a podcast or a spat on Twitter with somebody else and it’s treated as factual big news fact and a story is run hours later.

Call me old fashioned but the old time journalists - people who had to go out and graft like fuck for their stories - must cringe like fuck at the shit that gets passed off as news these days.