Allan Smart

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Allan Smart

Full name	Allan Smart
Date of birth	July 8, 1974 (1974-07-08) (age 33)
Place of birth	Perth, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Burscough
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1994 1994-1996 1995 1996 1996-1998 1998-2001 2001 2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006- 2007-	Caledonian Preston North End →Carlisle United (loan) →Northampton Town (loan) Carlisle United Watford →Hibernian (loan) →Stoke City (loan) Oldham Athletic Dundee United Crewe Alexandra Milton Keynes Dons Bury Portadown →Burscough (loan)	- (-) 21 (6) 4 (0) 1 (0) 45 (16) 56 (12) 5 (1) 2 (0) 21 (6) 17 (0) 6 (0) 18 (4) 13 (1) - (-) 0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Allan Smart (born July 8, 1974 in Perth, Scotland) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Burscough, where he plays as a striker.

Smart began his career with junior club Balbeggie and had spells with St Johnstone and Brechin City, but without appearing for either's first team. In 1993 he joined Highland League club Caledonian; the following year Smart made his Scottish League debut following the merger which created Caledonian Thistle, but was soon sold to Preston North End for a fee of £15000. Here he was sent out on loan to a number of clubs in order to gain experience and match practice. These clubs included Carlisle United and Northampton Town. In between these loan deals he also managed to make some first team appearances for Preston. However, after just thirty-one appearances for the club he was signed permanently by Carlisle in 1996 and then moved on to Watford for £100,000 in 1998.

During his time at Watford he helped them get promoted to the Premier League for the 1999-00 season. He scored the second goal in Watford's 2-0 victory against Bolton (division one playoff final)^[1]. This ensured Watford's promotion was concrete. Soon after, Watford found themselves out of their depth in the division as they finished 20th with just 24 points. However Smart still managed to score some goals. He stayed with the club until November, 2001, after two loan moves to Hibernian and Stoke City respectively. He signed for Oldham Athletic for a fee of £225,000 on November 30, 2001.

His time at Oldham was both frustrating and disappointing for Smart, as he managed just twenty-one appearances during his season-long stay at the club, before being released at the end of the season. Since leaving Oldham in 2002, he has had spells at Dundee United, Crewe Alexandra, MK Dons and Bury before signing for Portadown in the close season of 2006.

On July 16, 2007 it was confirmed that Smart had joined Conference North side Burscough.