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Article: Football: `Sir' Alex Ferguson: The Scottish perspective; Ray Hepburn Persuades Alex Smith to talk about Alex Ferguson.(Sport)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 30, 1999
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ALEX Smith has twice followed Alex Ferguson - but he treated that dreaded task as a bonus and not a drawback.
Both men managed St Mirren and Aberdeen but Smith relished the challenge that so many others cringed from.
And after Fergie's astonishing treble at Manchester United this season, he remains the hardest act to emulate in European football.
While the Old Trafford god was collecting the Champions' League trophy in Barcelona, his old mate Smith was grafting hard at the SFA coaching course in Larggs.
And he broke off to give the SUNDAY ...