By Robbie Copeland

Copyright dailyrecord

Kevin Thomson has officially revealed for the first time that he’s left his coaching role at Rangers . And while the Ibrox hero says he’ll never criticise the club for not keeping him on, he’s admitted some ‘frustration’ at the lack of communication when it ended. Former midfielder Thomson returned to the club in January to work with Stevie Smith within the academy but his contract expired in June and the new Rangers owners elected not to keep him on. That wasn’t formally announced by the club and, speaking on the Scottish Football Social Club podcast , he’s opened up his time coaching at Ibrox and confirmed for the first time that he has officially left. He still commentates for Rangers TV and was there on Saturday for the 2-0 defeat to Hearts , but he admits he wishes the club communicated his exit better. He said: “I don’t think disappointed because I was only there on Saturday and the club’s been unbelievably good to me, whether it be playing capacity or opportunities since I’ve retired. “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. I 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.”