Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Sports

274 Articles
about 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith: Rangers v Celtic cup final showpiece should be available to all and Motty would sure...

John Motson said many things. Some 2,500 games’ worth, indeed, so a helluva lot. But it was a remark away from the co...

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about 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith: Rangers boss says St Johnstone is a cow field. Compared to those 70s gluepots and sn...

On a trip to London recently, the tour of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was fascinating. My son and I were amazed tha...

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over 1 year ago
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Beatles vs Rolling Stones? There aren’t dinosaur rock bands anymore. The group is nearly extinct ...

It’s a bigger-sized team than normally plays there. When Bruce Springsteen strikes up the band at Murrayfield Stadium...

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over 1 year ago
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Rangers' Alfredo Morelos probably wakes up and spreads his toast provocatively but let him celebrate

It’s August 1997, the first Edinburgh derby of the season and Easter Road is jumping. Already Hibs have beaten Celtic...

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over 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: Nolly (ITVX), Hotel Portofino (ITVX), Pamela, a Love Story (Netflix)

It was the original wobbly-walled, woodenly-acted soap opera and I loved it. Home from school, tea would be supplied ...

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over 1 year ago
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As Tories join celebrity land, celebrity supporters like Rod Stewart are turning against them – A...

“Where the hell do you think you’re going?” It’s a question Conservatives could reasonably ask celebrities right now....

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over 1 year ago
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Owen Coyle: The romance of Queen's Park, why he turned down Celtic and how he almost served Fergi...

Try as I might, your correspondent cannot get Owen Coyle to utter the p-word. That’s p for promotion. Also p for Prem...

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over 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: The Catch (Channel 5), Everyone Else Burns (Channel 4), Amanda Owen's Farm...

Every journalist thinks they have a novel in them and a good few will bash out the first draft of a black comedy abou...

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over 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith: Sorry Pele, but Andy Murray's just trumped you for greatest sporting moment

Well, is it? Is it the all-time, all-comers, all-bets-are-off, all-said-and-done all-or-nothing, all-my-loving greate...

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over 1 year ago
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'A lot of them are Celtic fans so they’ll be coming face to face with their heroes - but this is ...

Back in the day, the questionnaires went like this … Favourite food: steak and chips. Favourite singers: Stevie Wonde...

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over 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: Maternal (ITV), The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic), Very Nearly an Armful (Gold)

The big, flashy new drama of the TV week is The Last Of Us but your reviewer finds Maternal more relatable. Even if I...

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over 1 year ago
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Aidan Smith: Gareth Bale the greatest-ever British footballer? You're havin' a taff

They’re a very endearing race, the Welsh. The occasions when I haven’t enjoyed their company have been rare(bit).

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