Smith's Turn to Cry 'Foul' ; Rangers Boss Fears Blunder Was Backlash Over Bias Row

Daily MailAugust 25, 2008

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FOR Rangers, this was no way to make a point. Increasingly irked by the raft of managerial rivals hinting at an inate bias towards the Old Firm in Scotland, Ibrox manager Walter Smith turned the argument on its head on Saturday afternoon.

How, argued Smith, could the SPL also-rans complain when his side had just been robbed of a legitimate goal in the dying seconds of an oddly-subdued encounter in Aberdeen? Instantaneous television replays showed that DaMarcus Beasley's disallowed effort should indeed have stood. Offside teammate Kris Boyd was never involved in the play at any stage in the move.

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Smith's Turn to Cry 'Foul' ; Rangers Boss Fears Blunder Was Backlash Over Bias Row

Erring linesman Billy Baxter had just driven a coach and horses through the arguments of the petty provincials.

At which point, there were no means by which the indignant Smith could gaze into the future. If there had, then he would have witnessed another contentious ...

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