neil smith - fact file

Born on 30th July 1971 in Lambeth, South London, England.

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A determined midfielder, who got as far as Spurs Reserves before having to move on for first team football.

Neil was unlucky to be at Spurs at a time when there was a lot of choice in midfield and he went on to play at Gillingham, where he gained a reputation as a tough-tackling ball-winner in the middle of the park. After he left Priestfield, he joined Fulham and then signed for Reading. Smith gained promotion with all three of these clubs.

As his time in the League game was coming to an end, he dropped into non-league with Stevenage Borough and Woking, where he enjoyed a successful time with appearances against a number of league teams in the FA Cup. Neil was also caretaker manager with the Cards for a while.

His first move into management was to take charge of Welling United and following his departure from the South London club, he joined up with another ex-Spur - Tim O'Shea - at Grays Athletic in the club's new coaching set-up. However, Neil moved on to become player-assistant manager at Croydon Athletic under O'Shea in December 2008 when he left the Essex club, having spent a couple of months playing with Maidstone United.

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Career Record

Club Signed Fee Debut Apps Goals

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 24th July 1990 ?? - 0 0

Gillingham 17th October 1991 £40,000 ?? 242 + 11 as a sub 15

Fulham 1st August 1997 ?? ?? 72 + 18 as a sub 2

Reading 17th August 1999 £100,000 ?? 42 + 34 as a sub 4

Stevenage Borough 16th August 2002 Free ?? 4 + 4 as a sub 0

Woking 18th October 2002 Free ?? 141 + 14 as a sub 5

Maidstone United October 2008 Free ?? 141 + 14 as a sub 5

Croydon Athletic 18th October 2002 Free ?? 141 + 14 as a sub 5

- ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

Career Record
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
0 League appearances; 0 goals
0 FA Cup appearances; 0 goals
0 League Cup appearances; 0 goals
0 European appearances; 0 goals
Gillingham
204 + 9 as a sub League appearances; 10 goals
17 FA Cup appearances; 2 goals
14 + 1 as a sub League Cup appearances; 1 goal
7 + 1 as a sub appearances; 2 goals
Fulham
62 + 13 League appearances; 1 goal
6 + 3 as a sub FA Cup appearances; 1 goal
3 + 1 as a sub League Cup appearances; 0 goals
1 + 1 as a sub Other appearances; 0 goals
Reading
33 + 31 as a sub League appearances; 3 goals
2 + 1 as a sub FA Cup appearances; 0 goals
4 + 1 as a sub League Cup appearances; 0 goals
3 + 1 as a sub Other appearances; 1 goal
Stevenage Borough
4 + 4 as a sub League appearances; 0 goals
0 FA Cup appearances; 0 goals
0 Other appearances; 0 goals
Woking
129 + 13 as a sub League appearances; 5 goals
7 + 1 as a sub FA Cup appearances; 0 goals
5 Other appearances; 0 goals

Honours
England international
- full caps; - goals
Under-21 caps; goals
- Cup winners medal 19---

Milestones
- appearance