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WHAT SURPRISES most on meeting Gordon Smith is his ears. They must have been burning throughout his nine months as Scottish Football Association chief executive, yet betray no scorch marks. Even at the end of another week in which his name has been taken in vain for matters not of his making.
It wasn't Smith who carried out the medical checks on Barry Robson that resulted in the Celtic midfielder being banished from the Scotland squad for Wednesday's friendly with Croatia. Yet, the SFA chief executive has practically been accused of 'colluding' with doctor Stewart Hillis and physio John MacLean in a Rangers conspiracy to deflect attention from the curious withdrawal of four players from the Ibrox club ahead of yesterday's Old Firm derby.See the full content of this document
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'Nothing That has Happened has Weakened My Resolve'
It wasn't Smith who decided the staffing levels for the ticket collection booths outside Hampden in midweek. Yet, the SFA chief executive was the man his former colleagues in the BBC demanded answers from when hundreds of supporters missed a sizeable chunk of George Burley's first game in charge of the country ...
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