Mark Smith (footballer, born 1964)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Alexander Smith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1964[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland[1] | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Mark Alexander Smith (born 16 December 1964) is a former Scottish 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]
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
- Sourced from Mark Smith profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stoke City (loan) | 1989–90 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1989–90 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reading (loan) | 1990–91 | Third Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mansfield Town (loan) | 1990–91 | Third Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 1991–92 | Third Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 1992–93 | Third Division | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 1993–94 | Third Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1994–95 | Second Division | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 90 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 103 | 5 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.
Honours
- Shrewsbury Town
- Football League Third Division champions: 1993–94