Walter: A Life in Football

Walter: A Life in Football

2021
59m
10.0

10.0/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Albert Sustainable Production BBC Scotland
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date December 30, 2021
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt16766766
Website Visit Site

Cast

Walter Smith
Walter Smith

Self

Graeme Souness
Graeme Souness

Self

Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney

Self

Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson

Self

Hugh MacDonald
Hugh MacDonald

Self

Roddy Forsyth
Roddy Forsyth

Self

Richard Gough
Richard Gough

Self

Maurice Malpas
Maurice Malpas

Self

Stuart McCall
Stuart McCall

Self

David Murray
David Murray

Self

Jim McLean
Jim McLean

Self (Archive Footage)

Chick Young
Chick Young

Self

Key Crew

Neil Sargent
Producer
Martin Conaghan
Producer
Graham Russell
Executive Producer
Martin Conaghan
Director