Alex Smith (footballer)

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Alexander "Alex" Smith, MBE is a Scottish football player and manager.

Smith was born in Cowie, a mining village close to Stirling, and played in the same youth team as Billy Bremner. He was best man at Bremner's wedding. His playing career was journeymanlike, and he played for Kilmarnock, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion and Albion Rovers.

During his management career, which began in 1969, he has been the manager of Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion, St Mirren, Aberdeen, Clyde, Dundee United and Ross County.

His major achievements as manager include the Scottish Cup in 1987 (with St Mirren), and 1990 (with Aberdeen) and the Scottish League Cup (again with Aberdeen) in 1989.

In the 2005 book on Scottish football, The Final Whistle? he was described as "the nearest thing the Scottish game has to a father figure".

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Reid, Harry (2005), The Final Whistle?, Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-362-6

Preceded by N/A	Stenhousemuir manager 1968-1974	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Unknown	Stirling Albion manager 1974-86	Succeeded by George Peebles
Preceded by Alex Miller	St Mirren manager 1986-88	Succeeded by Tony Fitzpatrick
Preceded by Ian Porterfield	Aberdeen manager 1988-1992 (co-manager with Jocky Scott)	Succeeded by Willie Miller
Preceded by John Clark	Clyde manager 1992-94	Succeeded by Gardner Speirs
Preceded by Paul Sturrock	Dundee United manager 2000-02	Succeeded by Paul Hegarty
Preceded by Neale Cooper	Ross County manager 2002-05	Succeeded by Gardner Speirs (caretaker)