Going Steady ; Smiths Decision to Ignore Calls Not to Return Ibrox has Been Vindicated by Ayear of Shrewd Recruitment and Much-Improved Results

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THE traditional first anniversary gift is paper, but size isnt everything and Walter Smith could write down the number of complaints he has about the first 12 months of his return to Ibrox on a scrap the size of a stamp, were you to present him with it this Thursday.

The giving and generosity since January 10, 2007 has already come from elsewhere, however, in the form of Sir David Murrays chequebook.

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Going Steady ; Smiths Decision to Ignore Calls Not to Return Ibrox has Been Vindicated by Ayear of Shrewd Recruitment and Much-Improved Results

The chairman was so chuffed to have his old manager back in charge, and so convinced by the game plan he laid out, that Smith admits he was able to pen a few more slips than even he expected upon replacing Paul le Guen.

But the largesse granted has been no match for that granted to Smith Mk 1, who spent millions in the 1990s in pursuit of a record number of consecutive championships at Ibrox.

While the outlay to rebuild the wreckage of Rangers under the Frenchma...

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