Sam Allardyce succeeded Ayre as manager in 1994, making Beech an integral part of his promotion-chasing playing squad either as a central midfield player or utilising him in the sweeper role.

The team narrowly missed out on automatic promotion by three points and lost to Bradford in the playoffs, subsequently, both Allardyce and Beech left at the end of the 1995/96 season.

Following an Achilles operation in 2000/2001, Beech struggled to regain full fitness and eventually left Huddersfield to join Rochdale in the 2001/2002 season under Paul Simpson.

Beech completed his UEFA A License in 2005 whilst fast establishing his reputation for player development with Bury FC supporting then Head of Youth Chris Casper.

Current professional players such as Will Buckley, Scott Hogan, Jamie Allen, Callum Camps, and Andy Cannon formed part of this program.

[6] This was to be the start of arguably the most successful period in the football clubs history, spanning six seasons through to March 2019, winning promotion to EFL League One at the first time of asking in 2014 and achieving consecutive top-ten finishes on minimal finance and several successful FA Cup runs, with a highlight reaching the 5th round and taking Premiership Tottenham Hotspur in February 2018 to a replay at Wembley, then managed by Mauricio Pochettino.

Beech averaged 1.6 points per game ratio with Carlisle and managed to operate shrewdly in the January transfer window, recruiting Elliot Watt from Wolves, Nick Anderton and Callum Guy from Blackpool; Omari Patrick from Bradford; and Joshua Kayode from Rotherham.

To thwart this interest Carlisle rewarded Beech and his assistant Gavin Skelton with new 2-year contracts, announced on the club's social media on Christmas Day 2020.

Since becoming caretaker he oversaw a huge change in form seeing his Fylde team beating Oldham 3-0 and Gateshead 4-0 [11] On 22 December 2023, Beech was appointed head coach permanently on a contract until the end of the season.