Good friend of Fergies, had a short spell here and by all accounts a giant of the Scottish game. Just 73
RIP Walter Smith
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Very sad news, always seemed a good football man.
RIP Walter.
RIP Walter.
Sad news. RIP.
A giant of Scottish football 
as others have said a good friend of Fergie's and a short role here too, and a great football man. What a shame.
RIP Walter.
as others have said a good friend of Fergie's and a short role here too, and a great football man. What a shame.RIP Walter.
That's no age really, rip.
Devastated. Was basically our version of Fergie, seen as the father figure of our club for my generation of supporters.
I knew he had a long illness & was pictured with a crowd of celebs including Fergie at a charity golf game a few weeks back, & I hoped he was on the road to recovery, but obviously not.
Rest easy Sir Walter.
I knew he had a long illness & was pictured with a crowd of celebs including Fergie at a charity golf game a few weeks back, & I hoped he was on the road to recovery, but obviously not.
Rest easy Sir Walter.
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RIP
Awe i remember him, god rest his soul 
RIP
That is sad news. RIP Walter.
He lived his life well. RIP. Ought to have lived longer.
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Oh no.. Great manager. What he did for Rangers is eternal.
RIP
Great manager. What he did for Rangers is eternal.RIP
RIP Walter
Very sad, really lovely guy.
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Rest in peace.
Sad news. Always liked him. Rest in peace Walter.
Sad news, deserves all the plaudits in the world for what he built with Rangers and almost taking them to the Champions League final and I say that as a Celtic man.
Legend of the game.
Was the Rangers version of SAF.
Was the Rangers version of SAF.
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Sad news. RIP
Sad news. RIP.
RIP.
Also played a key role as Fergie's assistant when we won the FA Cup in 2004.
R.I.P Scottish football legend. x
sad to hear that, a good football man gone far too soon.
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RIP Walter. That old interview he had with Chick Young had me in stitches.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG27qGTMXa4 (NSFW-Language)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG27qGTMXa4 (NSFW-Language)
Brilliant that. Chick back-tracking like crazy.
RIP Walter Smith
Proper football man. Rip Walter Smith
Gutted.
The man was an institution. Very rarely does one man represent a club so well, yet at the same time transcends intense club rivalries to command respect across the game. He had that force of personality and set of football values that characterised that great generation of Scottish managers. What he did at Rangers goes without saying, but I also loved the way he brought the country together when taking over Scotland, bringing in Tommy Burns and Ally McCoist, to catapult the national team from 86th in the world all the way up to 13th.
Wee tribute from Darren Fletcher about Walter's stint alongside Ferguson in 2004.
The man was an institution. Very rarely does one man represent a club so well, yet at the same time transcends intense club rivalries to command respect across the game. He had that force of personality and set of football values that characterised that great generation of Scottish managers. What he did at Rangers goes without saying, but I also loved the way he brought the country together when taking over Scotland, bringing in Tommy Burns and Ally McCoist, to catapult the national team from 86th in the world all the way up to 13th.
Wee tribute from Darren Fletcher about Walter's stint alongside Ferguson in 2004.
Fletcher said:
I always liked Walter Smith. He’s held in the same highest regard for me with the rest of the other huge giants in our Scottish game like Jock Stein, Bill Shankly, Sir Matt Busby, Sir Alex Ferguson. A Rangers man through and through but he always seemed to rise above all of the sectarian nonsense amongst the support. His relationship with a Celtic legend like Tommy Burns was testament to that. He and Ally McCoist carried Tommy Burns’ coffin at his funeral, proving all the pure religious hatred between the fans doesn't exist at their level.
Done a phenomenal job with the Scotland national team. When he took over, we were ranked roundabout 85th-90th in the rankings and when he left, we were 13th. I always stand by that if he never left us during our European qualifying campaign to go back to Rangers we would have qualified for Euro 2008 which had a group of ourselves, Ukraine and both World Cup finalists France & Italy in it.
What a man!
R.I.P.
Done a phenomenal job with the Scotland national team. When he took over, we were ranked roundabout 85th-90th in the rankings and when he left, we were 13th. I always stand by that if he never left us during our European qualifying campaign to go back to Rangers we would have qualified for Euro 2008 which had a group of ourselves, Ukraine and both World Cup finalists France & Italy in it.
What a man!
R.I.P.
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R.I.P.
Always came across as a good bloke. RIP.
RIP Walter Smith
Great friend of Fergie's and a nice man.
May he rest in peace.
May he rest in peace.
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Brilliant story! RIP.