Mark Smith (footballer, born 1964)

Mark Alexander Smith (born 16 December 1964) is a Scottish former footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town, Reading, Nottingham Forest, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. In Scotland he played for Queen's Park, Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Ayr United.[1][2]

Mark Smith
Personal information
Full name Mark Alexander Smith[1]
Date of birth (1964-12-16) 16 December 1964[1]
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland[1]
Playing position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Queen's Park 82 (7)
1986–1987 Celtic 6 (0)
1987–1989 Dunfermline Athletic 52 (6)
1989–1990 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 5 (1)
1989–1990 → Stoke City (loan) 2 (0)
1990–1991 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
1990 → Reading (loan) 3 (0)
1991 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0)
1991–1995 Shrewsbury Town 78 (4)
1995–1996 Queen's Park 1 (0)
1996 Ayr United 10 (1)
1996–1998 Queen's Park 23 (0)
Total 269 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Smith was born in Bellshill and began his career with Queen's Park. After impressing enough he earned the chance to play for Celtic but managed just six appearances in his time at Celtic Park and left for Dunfermline Athletic. Smith spent two seasons at East End Park making 52 league appearances for the "Pars" scoring six goals. During his time with Dunfermline he spent time out on loan at Hamilton Academical and English side Stoke City.[1] He was at Stoke for a month in the 1989–90 season and managed just two appearances for the "Potters". Nottingham Forest were seemingly impressed with Smith's performances and he joined them after his loan at Stoke ended.[1] However, he failed to make an appearance for Forest and was instead loaned out to Third Division Reading and then Mansfield Town before signing for Shrewsbury Town.[1] He enjoyed the best spell of his career with the "Shrews" where he spent four seasons helping the side win the Third Division title in 1993–94. He returned to Scotland to play for old club Queen's Park and after playing for Ayr United he made a third return to Queen's Park.

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City (loan) 1989–90 Second Division 2000000020
Nottingham Forest 1989–90 First Division 0000000000
Reading (loan) 1990–91 Third Division 3000000030
Mansfield Town (loan) 1990–91 Third Division 7000000070
Shrewsbury Town 1991–92 Third Division 221114020292
1992–93 Third Division 311200020351
1993–94 Third Division 80101010110
1994–95 Second Division 172000010182
Career Total 9044150401035
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

Honours
Shrewsbury Town
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References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  3. Mark Smith at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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