No, he will have managed the team in friendlies before this one and in 2 SPL games. The SPL season is starting earlier next season so Rangers chose to play Chelsea rather than their 3rd league game. The SPL gave that date for anyone wanting to make a big money friendly. Ive got this as my avatar on a Rangers forum im on, not copying you
the thing that annoys me is that they always seem to highlight the violence in Manchester but they don't seem to highlight the other 100s of thousands of other fans who behaved in an orderly manner