Meet Bailey Rice, this Scottish boy wonder born on the 4th of October, 2006 is supposedly circumnavigating his teenage years as we speak. Now 18, he continues on his illustrious journey with Rangers, an illustrious football club that decided to hire him as a central defensive midfielder, because there's nothing like a good bit of robustness in your midfield. He's the proud owner of the number 49 jersey, and you'd better believe he's earning every square inch of that polyester blend.
During his debut season in 2022 - 2023, much to everyone's surprise (read: no one's), he made one - a whopping one! - first team appearance. Rangers must have been dizzy with his productivity. But hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen, because during the 2023 - 2024 season, he outdid himself and appeared twice. You've got to hand it to the lad, that's a 100% increase in work-rate year-on-year. A cautionary tale for us all in the power of hard graft, determination, and a manager with a bizarre sense of humour.
Now is a good time for a brief scroll down memory lane to the current season - 2024 - 2025. So far, Rice hasn't made a single first team appearance. It's been an action-packed season at Rangers, if by 'action-packed' you mean 'Rice clearly needs a map and a compass to find the pitch'. Easy to get lost in all that squad depth, or perhaps he's been spending too much time perfecting his role as the invisible man.
