His phenomenal achievements will forever stand the test of time. But, for those lucky enough to get to know him, it wasn’t what made Walter Smith such an outstanding manager which will secure his status as a true giant.
Rather, it was what made him such an outstanding man. Which is why yesterday’s profoundly sad news of his passing will have come as such a devastating, hollowing loss to so many.
And why this is the single most difficult piece I have written for the pages of the Daily Record in almost 30 years working for the newspaper.
Walter wasn’t just any other football man. At times he became something of a father figure to an often too- chirpy-for-his-own good cub reporter whose first season in the press box coincided with his first
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