Article: FOOTBALL: ECK'S BEEN A TOP BOSS FOR YEARS; DESTINED FOR GLORY: ALEX SMITH SAYS HIBS COUNTERPART MCLEISH WAS ALREADY A BRILLIANT LEADER IN HIS ABERDEEN DAYS.(Sport)

Article: Football: Winters' rosy gloww; DAVID'S WORLD CAVED IN WHEN IAN ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... plans. ``I had been a fan of Dundee United ever since I was a kid watching ... the offer from my old gaffer Alex Smith to go on loan to Ross County ... said: ``When I was freed by Dundee United at the end of last season I was ...

Article: Football: TANNADICE TAKEOVER'S JUST LIKE A SPLIT IN THE FAMILY; ...
The Mirror (London, England);  January 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Iain CAMPBELL ALEX Smith sat in his office at Tannadice ... a family break-up. The Dundee United boss had just been handed ... season and every person at Dundee United was involved in that ... The most important thing is Dundee United and the most important people ...

Article: Tangerine dreaming. SPL: Dundee United Natasha ...
The Sunday Herald;  August 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... things were about to go from bad to worse at Tann-adice, Alex Smith had almost given up on one of his strikers. A few choice ... to sense what the fans must be feeling. This wasn't the Dundee United I'd known and admired all those years. Hamilton was one ...

Article: Nothing but the youth; National under-21 coach Alex ...
The Sunday Herald;  March 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ...HE may be approaching retirement year, but Alex Smith has the buoyancy of a much younger man. His face ruddy ... match against Belgium while simultaneously trying to drag Dundee United out of the mire and towards better times. Smith was counting ...

Article: It's out with the new and in with the old for a united front; ...
The Sunday Herald;  April 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... doorsteps of three clubs this season before being taken in by Dundee United in October. Even Celtic, the team he will face in the Tennent ... throughout last week. "The attitude was them-and-us. But Alex Smith hasimproved that atmosphere and worked wonders for me ...

Article: Football: Amoruso gives Rangers a hint of hope Dundee ...
The Independent - London;  March 4, 2002 ;     647 words ... ... interval. Charlie Miller, Dundee United's talented playmaker, had ... foot kick beyond Gallacher. Alex Smith, the Dundee United manager, later confronted ... Amoruso pen (67) 0-1. Dundee United (4-3-3): Gallacher ...

Article: Football: United prevail in Tayside's private passion show Dundee ...
The Independent - London;  April 21, 2002 ;     577 words ... ... too many people are missing the bigger picture as the Scottish Premier League slides towards implosion. Alex Smith, the Dundee United manager, condemned Sky's failure to screen any of the four city derbies this season as "scandalous ...