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Walter Smith RIP
clive
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Former Rangers, Everton and Scotland manager Walter Smith has died at the age of 73.
Smith achieved legendary status at Ibrox, with 21 trophies in two spells making him the second most successful Rangers boss ever behind Bill Struth.
He won the latter seven titles of Rangers' nine-in-a-row run in the 1990s and returned to Ibrox in 2007.
Between those stints, he had four years at Everton and two with Scotland before being enticed back to the Glasgow club.
His second spell in charge delivered three more titles and a Uefa Cup final appearance, in 2008.
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RIP Walter - an immense character in Scottish football.
Believe Ronaldo has a lot to thank him for - Smith instigated "no foul" training at Man U under Fergie to toughen up the young Portuguese winger. I still reckon Kish inspired that.0 -
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Top Man .. R I P0
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Proper old school manager, and a very, very good one at that.
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Proper Rangers legend
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Wow thats a surprise... Legend of the game in Scotland!!
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Legend. RIP.0
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RIP to a top gers bloke.0
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RIP Walter
A great manager and by all accounts a nice guy.
Many memorable moments.
Was the manager when Rangers won the Battle of Britain 2 legged tie against the champions of England. Reached the equivalent of the semi final of the European Cup finishing second in the group where the winner of which played in the final. Second to a Marseille team which had a fund for buying matches.
Completed 9-in-a-row
And that run to the European Final. Will always remember the scenes on walking out of Manchester Piccadilly and seeing Rangers everywhere2 -
RIP - his Rangers team of the 90s coincided with my first years as a kid devouring all things football. They had some ridiculously good players. I1
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Decent bloke as well as a great manager RIP.0
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RIP to a legend!
My uncle was a massive Rangers fan and I grew up around that era with those amazing players and lets face it, an old firm derby is a spectacle so Rangers I would say were my "Second Team"
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There are some gems here:cabbles said:RIP - his Rangers team of the 90s coincided with my first years as a kid devouring all things football. They had some ridiculously good players. I
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Rest in Peace Walter.
As someone who also follows Celtic, he totally dominated them during his reign there, but always a gentleman. He, with Ally McCoist, attended Tommy Burns funeral and both stepped in to help carry his coffin into the church. A good man, sadly gone. Hopefully enjoying a nice glass of red with Tommy now.4 -
Rangers Legend - RIP.0
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RIP Walter. Another good guy gone.0
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RIP Walter Smith.
Glasgow Rangers legend.0 -
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Best story I read was when Smith reported back to Souness at Rangers, following a scouting mission to look at their next European opponents (might've been Dynamo Kiev). His words apparently were..."we're fucked"1
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