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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The story of Marseilles' tainted 1993 European Cup triumph
Walter Smith is the phlegmatic type. Over a managerial career now into its third decade with Rangers, Everton and Scotland he has accepted his varied triumphs and disasters in a manner that would earn Kipling's approval.
But there is one impostor that bothers him still, some 18 years after the events of one roller-coaster season.
In 1993 Rangers came within one goal of a place in the first final of the Champions League, losing out to Marseilles after a controversial series of events.
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