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Gordon Smith
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Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Icy Gull said:I may be losing it but I definitely didn't think that Smith was here for anywhere near 4 years
1980-1884
Gordon Duffield Smith (born Kilwinning December 29, 1954) was a football player who played for Rangers F.C. and Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. and until worked as a football agent and BBC football pundit. On 1 June 2007, Smith was confirmed as the new chief executive of the Scottish Football Association.[1]
Playing career
Smith started his career with Kilmarnock and was sold to Rangers in 1977 for £65,000. In his first season with Rangers, Smith won the domestic treble, scoring 27 goals from midfield. Smith was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion in 1980 for a record transfer fee of £440,000. In 1999, he was voted into the greatest 100 Rangers players of all time.
He scored for Brighton in the 1983 FA Cup Final as they drew 2-2 with Manchester United, although unfortunately for Smith, Brighton lost the replay 4-0. The commentary for the first match included the phrase "...and Smith must score" (which he didn't, on that occasion), an infamous soundbite that has haunted him since and overshadowed some notable playing achievements.
On leaving Brighton in March 1984, Smith went on to Manchester City where he finished top scorer (with 12 League goals) in their 1984-85 promotion campaign to the top Division.
After playing
Smith went on to play at the top level in Austria with Admira Wacker and Switzerland with FC Basel before retiring as a player in 1988 after a short spell at Stirling Albion. He had a spell as Assistant Manager of St Mirren between 1990 and 1993 before taking up his career in the media.
In his career as a football agent, he managed the careers of many footballers including Celtic's Paul Lambert. Smith reqlinquished his pundit and agent roles to take up his SFA job in June 2007.
fatbadger
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Cheshire Cat said:Now we have got a ringer in place can we apply to join the Scottish Premier League? We might even win it given the overall standard of Scottish football
Hmm. That'll be the SPL which has produced two teams in two years which have made it to the knockout stages of the Champions League. Do you really think we're that good?
Silly boy.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
I'm prepared to settle for a UEFA cup place... 3rd place or cup winners?fatbadger said: