BITESIZE | Walter Smith: Bribery and Violence in the Stadio Olimpico
Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter
Graham Hunter
4.5 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Today’s story comes from Walter Smith, who describes Dundee United’s 1984 European Cup semi-final against Roma, an event marred by hostility and skulduggery.
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| 0:18.9 | Welcome to the big interview bite size. I'm Graham Hunter and in each episode you'll hear an elite footballer tell a story that's guaranteed to brighten your day. |
| 0:23.6 | All of them will come from my podcast, |
| 0:25.6 | the big interview with Graham Hunter, |
| 0:27.6 | which you can find by searching on Spotify |
| 0:30.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:39.1 | Right now you're going to be with Walter Smith, the former Rangers, Everton and Scotland manager, about an infamous European Cup semi-final |
| 0:43.6 | between Roma, boo-boo and Thunder United. |
| 0:47.6 | Booish. |
| 0:48.6 | Listen, I'm Aberdeen, managed by Jim McLean, |
| 0:52.2 | with Walter as his assistant. I'd argue one of the most |
| 0:56.7 | controversial matches in Scottish European football history but the first voice on this |
| 1:02.3 | clip is mine as I show Walter one of the |
| 1:06.2 | great football photographs. I'm showing a picture that doesn't come up well on podcasts. But it's the semi-final of the |
| 1:20.5 | European Cup. You and Jim McLean, I beaten Rome with 2-0 at 10 and ice. |
| 1:26.0 | And there's a photo here in a game which when I was watching it didn't look as if the referee was neutral, |
| 1:32.2 | that's my position. |
| 1:34.0 | And you and Jim McClain, two tough soldiers, |
| 1:38.6 | you wouldn't easily be cowed, |
| 1:40.6 | are surrounded by Roma players. |
| 1:44.0 | One of them looks as if he's about to jump you. |
| 1:47.0 | The other one is middle fingering you. |
| 1:49.0 | They're up close. |
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