Article: Football: DIS-UNITED; 'Jim McLean claims that Alex Smith is a friend.. but three times he has asked me to sack him - DOUG SMITH YESTERDAY 'United board should be ashamed for dragging manager Alex Smith's good name into this.. - JIM McLEAN YESTERDAY.(Sport)

Article: Football: I once took flowers to Jim McLean's ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... while he was under the watchful eye of Jim McLean at Dundee United. But McLean reckons ... once at Raith Rovers, Jimmy Nicholl and Alex Smith took the young lads down the pits in Fife. ``Jim Mclean did the same thing at United and it was ...

Article: Football: TANNADICE IN TURMOIL: WAR OF WORDS AS CHAIRMAN LIFTS ...
The Mirror (London, England);  December 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Chief Sportswriter ALEX Smith's 30-year friendship with Jim McLean was just about intact ... I'm surprised. Jim McLean and I go back a long ... strife; UNITED: Boss Alex Smith and chairman Doug ... Gibby Haggart and Jim McLean

Article: Football: Merger with Dundee is an abhorrent idea; THE LATEST ON ...
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  January 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... speculation that manager Alex Smith along with coaches Maurice ... amalgamation is abhorrent to Jim McLean." The new board will hand ... IN THE FIRING LINE: Jim McLean says it's time for all ... UNCERTAIN FUTURE: United boss Alex Smith

Article: Jim McLean resigns after assaulting BBC reporter
The Sunday Herald;  October 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Jim McLean resigns after assaulting BBC reporter JIM McLean resigned as chairman and ... the pressure on manager Alex Smith, an altercation occurred ... is a shocking action from Jim McLean." While United's directors ...

Article: FOOTBALL : JIM McLEAN : THE COLUMN THATS PACKS A ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: JIM MCLEAN YESTERDAY was the end of my football ... Eddie Thompson, his new board and Alex Smith have my best wishes and I hope they ... now is the time to forget about the Jim McLean era and move on. Looking back is useless ...

Article: Jim McLean: STEADY EDDIE; You need to give Chisholm ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jim McLean PATIENCE is a virtue rarely associated with football ... time to turn it around. In the last two years Alex Smith and Ian McCall have been replaced but Gordon ... time than predecessors Ian McCall, left, and Alex Smith

Article: FOOTBALL: JIM MCLEAN THE COLUMN THAT PACKS A PUNCH; ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jim McLean DUNDEE UNITED have ended up with egg ... It gives me no pleasure to say it but Alex Smith's departure and the subsequent failure ... need to keep me in a job. It's like Alex Smith's comment said about Charlie Miller ...