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How Hibs golden era revolted against John Collins as Kevin Thomson reveals the Coventry bullying culture that hurt him

Coaching kids is the day job. For the time being.

But just because Kevin Thomson still has big plans for another crack at management – after winning a title in his first season as a boss – doesn’t mean he’s simply killing time until the next one comes along. On the contrary, he launched his own academy pretty much as soon as he hung up his boots. And from beginning with nothing more than a bag of balls, he’s grown his own baby into one of the country’s gold star coaching projects.

So much so he could be in line for a return to the Rangers youth set-up, where he cut his teeth as a coach before going it alone at Kelty Hearts. His work at Auchenhowie – coupled with the relationships he forged with players such as Alex Lowry and Leon King as he helped them find a pathway into the first-team squad – has helped cement his reputation as a developer of talent.

Now he’s revealed how he has been driven to encourage the progression of youngsters through his own experiences as an up-and-coming wonderkid at Coventry and Hibs. Speaking on the latest episode of our Off The Record podcast, Thomson has lifted the lid on the culture of bullying that forced him to rip up a four-year contract as a traumatised, homesick teenager at Coventry.

And the bizarre daily weigh-in ritual under John Collins at Hibs that fuelled his £2million move to Ibrox in 2007. He said: “I wouldn’t want anyone to go through what I went through because it’s unacceptable, really.

“But it probably has made me what I am now. And that’s not me justifying it – it should never have happened. But as a young lad, it made me durable. I had to find a way of being able to look after myself.

“I’d signed a massive contract at Coventry and I gave up a lot of money. I gave up a

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