RIP Sir Walter

[Mols94 3,669]

 

[GOAT 30,449]

Me and my brother and families tops and flowers.  💙❤️ RIP THE GAFFER.

safe in the arms of Jesus 

[RWB72 1,525]

Legends never die the memories he created shall live on forever,

Thank you for everything Sir Walter Smith.

[Hadron Collider 30,867]

The sorrow just hits in waves. Been bubblin off and on since I heard the news. Brutal. 

[Smile 26,600]

I will be celebrating the great mans life with many drinks tonight, some of the tributes have been absolutely outstanding shows how much he meant to everyone.

Lived the dream managing the club he loved, he will be remembered forever.

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,647]

10 minutes ago, DBBTB said:

What I want to know is what his favourite Bon Jovi song was

 

Their song were all anthems really and probably got the blood flowing, whatever it was it worked for us.

[Gman36 3,455]

8 minutes ago, Hadron Collider said:

The sorrow just hits in waves. Been bubblin off and on since I heard the news. Brutal. 

I'm the same I keep watching tributes and then welling up 😢

[ianb1547 3,767]

I have lost a number of very close relatives,...parents, brother, wife........... and this feels as real and emotional as any of those losses..... And I didn't even know the man. 

I think many of us are feeling this in the same way.

All thoughts with his wife and family and those who actually knew him, in whatever capacity.

People like Walter Smith don't feature in our lives often, however that happens to be, so let's be happy that we were around to witness his achievements with our great Club.

[magic8ball 27,901]

1 hour ago, .Williamson. said:

I don’t think it will properly hit home with me until tomorrow night watching the game and having a drink.

I have more or less avoided all videos today. I tried to watch the Rangers tribute for him earlier but can’t get through it atm 

McFadden is the only one Iv watched. 

The tributes on the radio have been hard enough .

Tom English (I know) said something that he was bang on the money with .He mentioned about other Legends from various places passing .But he said there was something very different about Walters passing .

He has no connection to our club and for somebody like that to notice a difference says a lot .

 

[graeme_4 34,461]

57 minutes ago, BillyG91 said:

i know we always hear nobody is bigger than the club and that's true. there is that famous quote by walter himself saying so and that you should put yourself second if you come here. but it really feels like with his passing that the club is missing a part of itself in a way. if you had to pick one person who sums up what this club is all about then it has to be Walter. he is Rangers and always will be. we'll never forget him. players and managers will come to our club a year, 5 years, 50 years from now and if they want to know what this club is about then will look at Walter. 

sorry if i'm making no sense. just trying to make sense of my own feelings. 

RIP Sir Walter Smith

I think the second half of his quote was “…and that’s the only time second will ever be good enough” or words to that effect. 

[magic8ball 27,901]

Just now, ianb1547 said:

I have lost a number of very close relatives,...parents, brother, wife........... and this feels as real and emotional as any of those losses..... And I didn't even know the man. 

I think many of us are feeling this in the same way.

All thoughts with his wife and family and those who actually knew him, in whatever capacity.

People like Walter Smith don't feature in our lives often, however that happens to be, so let's be happy that we were around to witness his achievements with our great Club.

I was thinking similar on the way home ,I have been shocked and deeply saddened when family members have passed .But I have never welled up at anyone’s passing before .What gets me  emotional  normally is watching achievement .And boy did he achieve some remarkable things in his career .

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

Only just bringing myself to read/watch all the posts and tributes to him now. Felt numb all day.

Heartbroken.

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[2daludaludalu 390]

4 minutes ago, ianb1547 said:

I have lost a number of very close relatives,...parents, brother, wife........... and this feels as real and emotional as any of those losses..... And I didn't even know the man. 

I think many of us are feeling this in the same way.

All thoughts with his wife and family and those who actually knew him, in whatever capacity.

People like Walter Smith don't feature in our lives often, however that happens to be, so let's be happy that we were around to witness his achievements with our great Club.

This is exactly how I feel.  I've never been so upset at the death of someone I never knew, but its as if you did know him and thats why it's hurting so much.

[HalifaxBear 209]

Gutted.  Really fucking gutted.  For his family and friends.  And I think that includes us. The fans that adored him.  But hearing Ally talking about him fucking broke me.   RIP Walter.  Thank you..

[bornabear 6,202]

Walter wasn't part of my family, but the way I've been feeling today, it really feels as if he was.

RIP Walter, thank you for the wonderful memories. 

[wully 47,331]

 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 64,530]

[Paulie Walnuts 1,061]

Had such a busy day at work I hardly had a second to process the news. It’s now just really hitting me seeing all the tributes and watching Ally talking to Jim White on talk sport. I never knew a man that I had never met had such an impact on my life.
 

I’m sure it will have been mentioned 1000 times in this thread but it think the Walter Smith stand would be a perfect tribute. If somebody asked me to name somebody associated with Rangers that is the man I would name. 

[josmc 525]

This has been an unbelievably sad day to be a Ranger. Watching and listening to the tributes coming in has made the tears flow and flow. Walter was truly a remarkable man, who like the rest of us loved the Rangers. When he was in charge he looked after the club the way we would have done and that’s what made him so special to the fans. He was one of us and he never forgot that. I’m sure the club will do something special to honour his life and service to Rangers and he will live on in the memories of everyone connected to the club. Condolences to his wife and family at this difficult time. R.I.P. Walter, you will never be forgotten. 

[RFC55 108,841]

Watching back that day at killie.

Wow man 

[shaka 1,671]

Such a sad day.  Been at work all day, turned on my phone and seeing all the tributes, the clips of his life and everything he done, it just hit like a punch in the gut.  I've never cried at the death of someone I've never met before but I found myself in tears struggling to explain to my wife what had happened.  RIP Walter, the greatest Ranger in my lifetime and always a gentleman.

[Gooseman 889]

It's really hard to into words how I'm feeling. 

How can you explain why there is a huge hole in your heart for someone that you never knew? Like everyone one else here, Mr Smith gave me some of the greatest memories I'll ever have. 

Outside of my wedding and the birth of my children, watching him holding the league trophy aloft when we clinched number 9 still gives me goosebumps. 

I said earlier at work that this news carried the same surreal feeling as when Davie Cooper passed away, the unbelievable feeling that came with the news slowly turned to the icy realisation that yet another of our club greats has left us. 

Mr Smith will be forever synonymous with the standards that we as fans expect. He was a legend, a gentleman, and will be forever missed. 

[6superbarry6 14,159]

Nice words from Hateley 

[qwerty 3,730]

Been out all day and just heard this terribly sad sad news now.  Thankyou for your service Walter.