Alan Smith (footballer, born 1966)

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Alan Smith
Personal information
Full name Alan David Smith [1]
Date of birth (1966-12-07) 7 December 1966 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth Sheffield, [1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
1986–1989 Darlington 31 (1)
South Bank
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan David Smith (born 7 December 1966) is an English former footballer who made 31 appearances in Football League playing as a defender for Darlington in the 1980s. He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday, but never represented them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for South Bank. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alan Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  150. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 July 2014.


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