The Alex have decided to extend the contract of reserve team keeper Bartek Fogler as cover while Phillips continues to get match fit.

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Smith said he hoped to be involved in the near future even if United boss Sir Alex Ferguson decided against including him on the bench at the weekend.

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After a bitterly disappointing election campaign and with the SNP on the road to nowhere, it is little wonder that Alex has decided to call it a day.

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