Neil Smith (footballer)

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Neil Smith
Personal information
Full name	Neil James Smith
Date of birth	September 30, 1971 (1971-09-30) (age 36)
Place of birth	Lambeth, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Grays Athletic (senior coach)
Youth clubs
1990–1991	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1997 1997–1999 1999–2002 2002 2002–2007 2007–2008 2008	Gillingham Fulham Reading Stevenage Woking Welling United Bromley	213 (10) 075 0(1) 064 0(3) 008 0(0) 142 0(5) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?)
Teams managed
2007 2007–2008	Woking (caretaker) Welling United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Neil Smith (born Lambeth, 30 September 1971) is a retired English football player and now a coach at Grays Athletic.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

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Smith played professionally for Fulham, Reading and Gillingham.

[edit] Managerial career

Smith was appointed joint caretaker manager of Woking in March 2007 with Graham Baker following the departure of Glenn Cockerill, helping the club to stay in the Conference National.

On May 4, 2007, after failing to get the job full-time, Smith was released by Woking following the appointment of Frank Gray as manager.^[1] Two weeks later Smith was appointed as the new manager of Conference South team Welling United following the depature of Adrian Pennock to Stoke City. He held the job until January 7, 2008, when he was sacked.^[2] Shortly after this he signed for Bromley as a player.^[3]

Smith joined Grays Athletic as part of their coaching staff on 21 February 2008.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Neil Smith career stats at Soccerbase