Walter: A Life in Football (2021)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.743 |
Directed By
Martin Conaghan
Crew
Steven Donnelly
Keith Ingram
Marco Cervi
Maria Sattrup
Helmut Kobler
Kristian Edwards
Peter Elliott
Kira Zeigler
David Gilmour
Sam Biggs
Georgia Middleton
Lewis MacLeod
Stephen A. Woods
Sean McGee
Graham Russell
Tom Connor
Danielle Gardiner
Elise Mulford
Mhairi Anderson
Jane Summers
Keir Murray
Neil Sargent
Jamie Thomson Cole
Martin Conaghan
Martin Conaghan
TOP CAST
Walter Smith
Self
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