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Football icons: Walter Smith

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Let's take a look at another football icon. This time it's Walter Smith He achieved legendary status as manager of Rangers. He won 21 trophies in two spells making him the second most successful Rangers boss ever. Walter Smith as a player Smith was a defender that played more than 200 games for Dundee United. He quickly began his coaching career under Jim McLean when a pelvic injury forced him to retire early. Throughout his career, he also played for Dumbarton and had a loan spell at Dallas Tornado in the North American Soccer League. He was destined for a career in coaching and management. Becoming a legend at Ibrox When Souness left for Liverpool in April 1991, Smith was appointed interim manager.This was made permanent in May 1991, after the club clinched another league title. Six more league titles in succession followed under Smith's tenure, including a domestic treble in 1992–93. He also won the Scottish Cup and the League Cup three times each. Smith took Rangers

UEL: Rangers 2 - 0 Brondby

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Leon Balogun's header and a Kemar Roofe tap-in - gave Rangers their first Europa League points at the third attempt to lift them off the bottom of their group. You can watch the highlights in the video below. Lyon's comeback win at Sparta Prague means Rangers sit a point behind Sparta and six adrift of the French at this halfway stage. A trip to Denmark next will hold no fears for the Scottish champions after Brondby offered very little opposition at Ibrox. Gerrard told the media after the match: "We deserved the victory, we played with a lot of control and style, we could have maybe got another couple of goals. "We have played really well for 45 minutes or 60 minutes but for some reason consistently we haven't found that level where we are churning out 90 after 90 minutes so that is the most pleasing thing for me tonight." This is how the group stands after three matches. Did you know? Brondby are now the only side without a goal in this season's Eu