Graham Smith (footballer, born 1947)

Graham Smith
Personal information
Full name Graham William Charles Smith
Date of birth (1947-11-02) 2 November 1947
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1967–1968 Loughborough College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1968–1969 Notts County 10 (0)
1969–1972 Colchester United 95 (0)
1972–1973 West Bromwich Albion 10 (0)
1973–1976 Cambridge United 85 (0)
Wigan Athletic
Matlock Town
Hednesford Town
Tamworth
Atherstone United
Total 200 (0)
Teams managed
0000–1980 Nuneaton Borough
1980–1986 Dudley Town
1986–1991 Tamworth
2007–2009 Ventura County Fusion

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Graham Smith is an English former professional footballer and current Technical Director of Sacramento Republic FC and Ventura County Fusion.

Career

Playing career

Smith, who played as a goalkeeper, began his professional career in 1968 with Notts County.[1] He also played in the Football League for Colchester United,[2] West Bromwich Albion,[3] and Cambridge United,[4] making a total of 200 league appearances for all four clubs.

Personal life

Graham's son, Adam Smith, was also a professional footballer, beginning his career as a schoolboy at Premiership Club Everton F.C. Smith later went on to spend a year with Walsall F.C. after completing a college degree in business and sports coaching at Manchester Metropoliton University. He then went on to play with teams in Asia, Scotland and the USA as a full-time professional and semi-professional player. Adam Smith is now a full-time coach in Major League soccer at the Portland Timbers,[5] He was hired as goalkeeper coach for American D-2 Pro League side Portland Timbers in 2010[6] for their final season in the second division. Adam continued on as goalkeeper coach for the Portland Timbers during their first year in Major League Soccer[7] and was named the Academy and Youth Goalkeeping Director for the Portland Timbers Academy following the 2011 season.[8]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record

Team Nat From To Record
M W D L Win % Ref.
Nuneaton Borough England 1980 0 0 0 0 !—
Dudley Town England 1980 1986 0 0 0 0 !—
Tamworth England 7 February 1987 9 May 1991 271 168 39 64 61.99 [9]
Ventura County Fusion United States 2007 2009 0 0 0 0 !—
Total 271 168 39 64 61.99 —

Honours

Playing honours

Colchester United[10]

Managerial honours

Dudley Town
Tamworth

References

  1. ↑ "NOTTS COUNTY : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51-1989/90 & 1992/93-2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "WEST BROMWICH ALBION : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "CAMBRIDGE UNITED : 1970/71 – 2004/05". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Gallivan, Joseph (24 February 2011). "Spencer's coaching staff built on trust, experience". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Timbers name Adam Smith as club's goalkeeper coach" (Press release). Portland Timbers. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  7. ↑ Binder, Doug (8 December 2010). "Spencer fills out his Portland coaching staff". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Timbers name Adam Smith an Academy and Youth Goalkeeping Director". Portland Timbers. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Graham Smith managerial stats". TamworthFCHeritage.co.uk. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Watney Cup Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
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