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Walter: A Life in Football (2021)

Walter: A Life in Football (2021)

Documentary
Release Date: 2021, December 30
Directors: Martin Conaghan
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Albert Sustainable Production, BBC Scotland
Cast: David Murray, Walter Smith, David Weir, Alex Ferguson, Graeme Souness, Wayne Rooney, Hugh MacDonald, Roddy Forsyth, Richard Gough, Maurice Malpas, Stuart McCall, Jim McLean

Overview:

Documentary paying tribute to one of the most successful managers in the history of Scottish football, Walter Smith. A winner as manager for Rangers and Scotland, Walter Smith was a man whose character won respect across the hard tribal lines of our national game. Featuring rare archive, and told with interview contributions from the people who knew him best and who worked with him throughout his long and varied career, the programme explores the numerous successes at Rangers, his experiences as a manager when he headed south to Everton in the English Premiership, his leadership of the Scotland national men’s team and his sensational return to Rangers in 2007. Walter: A Life in Football follows the highs and lows of Smith’s career, exploring the characteristics that made players, fellow managers and supporters venerate him. He was genuinely loved and revered by many, including titans of the game such as Pep Guardiola and Sir Alex Ferguson.

Keywords:

rangers scottish glasgow rangers