Andy Smillie

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Personal information
Date of birth (1941-03-15) 15 March 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth Ilford, Essex, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1956–1958 West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1961 West Ham United 20 (3)
1961–1963 Crystal Palace 53 (23)
1963–1965 Scunthorpe United 13 (2)
1964–1969 Southend United 164 (29)
1968–1971 Gillingham 94 (7)
1971–? Folkestone Town
Ferndale
International career
England Youth 3
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Thomas Smillie (born 15 March 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Smillie was born in Ilford and played for Ilford, London and England Schoolboys. He joined the groundstaff at West Ham United in 1956 and gained three England Youth caps before signing professional forms with the Irons in 1958. After a senior debut against Southend United in the Southern Floodlight Cup on 10 March 1958, he made his First Division bow on 26 December 1958 against Tottenham Hotspur. In all, Smillie played 26 games for West Ham, leaving in 1961. [1] [2]

Smillie went on to play League football for Crystal Palace, Scunthorpe United, Southend United and Gillingham, [3] before joining Folkestone Town in 1971. He later played for Ferndale. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 198. ISBN   1-903135-50-8.
  2. ↑ "Andy Smillie". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 298. ISBN   0-7524-2243-X.


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