Walter Smith remembered five years after his death
Peter Martin, Alan Rough and Tam McManus looked back on the former Rangers manager, from his years at Dundee United to two spells in charge at Ibrox.
By Peter Martin,
Five years after his death, The Football Show turned to Walter Smith. Peter Martin, Alan Rough and Tam McManus shared their memories of the former Rangers manager.
One line summed up the regard in which he is held: "There was one person that deserved a statue at Ibrox. It was Walter Smith."
From Tannadice to Ibrox
The panel traced the path Smith took through the game. It began with his years learning under Jim McLean at Dundee United, before Graeme Souness took him to Rangers. Smith went on to have two spells as manager at Ibrox, a period that included a European final.
They also recalled the last time many people saw him, at the Emmie Smillie charity golf day at Loch Lomond.
The conversation turned to Smith alongside Coisty and Gascoigne, with "great stories" from that era, and to the man away from football. On that side of him, the verdict was simple: "he loved a good noiser".
Kane, hooligans and Man United
The show then moved on to the Ballon d'Or, where Harry Kane was the panel's pick. The view was put plainly: "Kane for me".
The panel also debated whether police should be allowed to unmask hooligans, a discussion that took in the subject of a knitted balaclava.
Man United were the final topic, and one assessment of the club did not hold back: "the club's a poison, for me, from top to bottom."