Liam Smyth

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Liam Smyth
Personal information
Full name Liam Daniel Smyth [1]
Date of birth (2001-09-06) 6 September 2001 (age 21) [2]
Place of birth Watford, England [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Biggleswade Town
Youth career
2016–2018 Stevenage
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Stevenage 4 (0)
2020 → Braintree Town (loan) 10 (4)
2020–2021 → Braintree Town (loan) 7 (1)
2021–2022 Wingate & Finchley 25 (4)
2022– Biggleswade Town 0 (0)
2022- St Joseph’s (South Oxhey) 15 (11)
International career‡
2018– Northern Ireland U19 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Liam Daniel Smyth (born 6 September 2001) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Biggleswade Town.

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Smyth began his career in the youth academy at [Queens Park Rangers spending 4 seasons before going to[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage]]. He made his first-team debut in October 2018 and in doing so became the club's youngest debutant in the English Football League. During his time at Stevenage, Smyth was loaned out twice to Braintree Town of the National League South. He was released by Stevenage at the end of the 2020–21 season and subsequently signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Wingate & Finchley in July 2021.

Club career

Stevenage

Whilst a first year scholar in the Stevenage youth academy, [3] Smyth made his first-team debut in the club's 8–0 defeat to Charlton Athletic in the EFL Trophy on 9 October 2018, coming on as a 57th-minute substitute in the match. [4] [5] In doing so, became the club's youngest debutant in the English Football League, at the age of 17 years and 37 days old, [3] [6] a record that was later broken by Sam Tinubu (17 years and 18 days old). [6] He made his Football League debut in the club's 0–0 home draw with Port Vale on 23 October 2018. [4] [7] Smyth signed his first professional contract with the club on 9 November 2018. [3] He made four appearances for Stevenage during the 2018–19 season, whilst also playing regularly for the club's under-18 team. [4]

Having made two substitute appearances for the first team during the first half of the 2019–20 season, [8] Smyth was loaned out to National League South club Braintree Town on 11 January 2020. [9] He made his Braintree debut on the same day, before scoring his first goal a week later in a 4–1 away victory over Oxford City. [2] [10] The loan agreement was extended for a further month and Smyth scored four times in 10 appearances. [2] Smyth rejoined Braintree on loan in September 2020, [11] scoring once in seven appearances during his time there. [2] He was released by Stevenage at the end of the 2020–21 season. [12]

Wingate & Finchley

Smyth signed a one-year contract with Isthmian League Premier Division club Wingate & Finchley on 27 July 2021. [13] He debuted in the club's 1–0 home defeat to Margate on 14 August 2021, playing the opening 71 minutes of the match. [14]

Biggleswade Town

In March 2022, Smyth signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Biggleswade Town. [15]

International career

Smyth was called up to represent Northern Ireland at under-19 level for their friendly matches against Slovakia under-19s in September 2018. [16] He had previously trained with the under-19 squad in Lilleshall six months earlier. [16] [17] Smyth played in both matches, scoring the first goal in the second match, an eventual 4–1 victory on 7 September 2018. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stevenage 2018–19 [4] League Two 3000001 [lower-alpha 1] 040
2019–20 [8] League Two1010000020
2020–21 [19] League Two0000000000
Total4010001060
Braintree Town (loan) 2019–20 [2] National League South 10400—00104
2020–21 [2] National League South7100—0071
Total175000000175
Wingate & Finchley 2021–22 [14] IL Premier Division25450—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0324
Career total469600030559
  1. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ One appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup and one appearance in FA Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Stevenage" (PDF). English Football League. p. 68. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Soccerway – Liam Smyth". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Smyth pens pro deal". Stevenage F.C. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Liam Smyth in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stevenage 0–8 Charlton Athletic". Stevenage F.C. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. 1 2 "BoroGuide – Player Records". BoroGuide. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Stevenage 0–0 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Games played by Liam Smyth in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Smyth & Smith join Braintree on loan". Stevenage F.C. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Oxford City 1–4 Braintree Town". Soccerway. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (8 September 2020). "Braintree Town lose out to Ipswich Town under-23s in friendly". Braintree & Witham Times. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Stevenage FC Retained & Released List 2020/21". Stevenage F.C. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Liam Smyth signing". Wingate & Finchley F.C. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Wingate & Finchley – Appearances – Liam Smyth". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Triple signing helps Waders to crucial win". Southern Football League. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  16. 1 2 "Liam Smyth called up for Northern Ireland U19s". Stevenage F.C. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Five players called up for International Duty with Northern Ireland". Stevenage F.C. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "U19 boss Stephen Frail in upbeat mood following challenge matches". Irish FA. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Liam Smyth in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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