By Ben Banks

Copyright scotsman

A former Hibs star has revealed he has left Rangers again – without an official goodbye from the Premiership club. David Gray’s side travel to Ibrox this weekend on Premier Sports Cup quarter-final duty, their weekend hosts having just lost 2-0 to Hearts in Govan. They sit 10th in the top flight table. Sections of the fanbase want head coach Russell Martin to go but quietly in the background, a former Hibs and Middlesbrough man has exited stage left. Kevin Thomson had a four year stretch with Hibs at the start of his career before moving to Rangers in 2007. He then left Ibrox in a £2m deal to join Middlesbrough before two more stints at Hibs prior to his career coming to an end. Thomson was back at Ibrox this year as an academy coach, previously working behind the scenes with the Light Blues youngsters before becoming Kelty Hearts boss. His exit has now been revealed and there’s frustrations it’s been done without as much as an announcement. Thomson told Premier Sports: “You certainly haven’t won the lottery while working for the academy, but I loved working for the club. “I don’t think disappointed (to not stay on) because I was only there on Saturday and the club’s been unbelievably good to me, whether it be playing capacity, opportunities since I’ve retired. We’re all made the same. It’s the way we’re made really. “So ultimately it’s the way we’re made, we’ve got that ego, that drive, that belief within us that we think we can do something well. Whenever I’ve worked at the club I’ve always built up a great reputation, it becomes a bit frustrating when you feel as though you can help but I’m also not naive to know there’s a million other people who can think they can help and be good coaches and really help the situation. “I just do what I do. Whenever I get an opportunity to do stuff I try to do my best, (it’s) the way I’m made. I don’t know if disappointment is the right word but I was a wee bit frustrated that I’d done four, four-and-a-half months in the academy, loved working with Stevie Smith, loved being back on the pitch. “I didn’t quite enjoy driving to Glasgow six or seven days a week, missing out on the kids, but I did it because I was asked and I saw a pathway back into the club and obviously getting back involved in a team environment, back on the grass, working with players, something that I’m really passionate about. “So I suppose there was a wee bit of frustration that it ended the way it ended with a lack of communication and any real closure really, which was frustrating, but I would never, ever criticise the club. “I would criticise what I watch at times because I think it’s only fair if you’re doing the media that you’re always honest and open. But I would never, ever criticise anyone for not giving me the opportunities that I sometimes feel as though I deserve.”