Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Sports

278 Articles
10 months ago
scotsman.com

After the All-you-can-eat Olympics, I'm feeling a bit Lanza-grotty – Aidan Smith

I knew the country had a problem but, seeing it close up and spilling over bikinis and trunks, over the sides of sun-...

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10 months ago
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Aidan Smith: I'm not pining for Sarah O - but where are our TV companies in time of greatest need?

A man’s a man for a’ that … They’ll never take our freedom … Wisdom. Justice. Compassion. Integrity … There’s been a ...

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10 months ago
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Celtic's Fran Alonso on amazing journey to UK, Craig McPherson headbutt in Rangers game and women...

An estimated two billion right across the globe will watch the Women’s World Cup and in the east end of Glasgow they’...

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11 months ago
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Aidan Smith: If Hibs fed Derek Riordan’s hair into a computer to produce Harry McKirdy they forgo...

He arrived like a pop idol. Edgy dance beats, a swirl of dry ice, back-to-front baseball cap, voluminous breeks and t...

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11 months ago
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Aidan Smith: No 10 has “wine-time Fridays” but will football ever get its “beer-time Saturdays” b...

As Hibernian were preparing to unveil the new slogan on the front of the shirts, I’m imagining there might have been ...

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11 months ago
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Aidan Smith: Ange will take one look at the Spurs archway and go: 'Mate, this isn’t Stars in Thei...

As he gets settled at Tottenham Hotspur’s swanky stadium, what do you suppose Ange Postecoglou’s first task will be?

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11 months ago
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Celtic's Charlie Nicholas kicks off Icons of Football as BBC Scotland launch new series

It’s Easter Road sometime in the 1980s, Hibernian are playing Aberdeen in a nothing, end-of-season affair, and during...

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about 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: Race Across the World (BBC1), Mad Women (Channel 4), Eurovision Calling (B...

Do you have one of these gargantuan TVs swamping an entire wall? I don’t and there are three reasons why. One, the ju...

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about 1 year ago
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Hibs legend Ivan Sproule on overcoming family tragedy to achieve Hampden glory and why hat-trick ...

It’s 11 o’clock at night when I finally catch up with Ivan Sproule, once the fastest man in Scottish football. He’s b...

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about 1 year ago
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King Charles' Coronation: Pomp and circumstance? No, it's how dysfunctional the Royal Family is t...

Most of us can relate to the Royal Family’s sometimes very public struggles

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about 1 year ago
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St Mirren legend Tony Fitzpatrick on tough upbringing, scrape with law, Fergie, overcoming traged...

It was, says Tony Fitzpatrick, the classic Scottish working-class two-option choice for escaping a tough housing sche...

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about 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith: Sky Sports will show your team’s games, just as long as they’re playing Celtic or Ra...

I like Andy Walker. Smart striker and, these days, a smart match summariser on TV. And I say this despite him having ...

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