Neil Smith
Midfielder   1990-1991

 

Full name : –  Neil Smith

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

Height :   1.67 m  (5′ 6″)

Weight :   kg  (st  lbs)

 

Neil Smith was a determined midfielder who came through the ranks of the youth system at Tottenham and got as far as the Reserves before having to move on for first team football.

Aggressive in the tackle and working between the boxes, Neil was unlucky to be at Spurs at a time when there was a lot of choice in midfield.  Was a member of the successful Spurs Youth team that won three trophies in 1989-1990, including a FA Youth Cup winners medal with victory over Middlesbrough across two legs.

Allowed to leave Tottenham, 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 Woking as joint-caretaker manager with Graham Baker until the end of the 2006-07 season.  His next step was as manager at Welling United in May 2007 and following his departure from the South London club in January 2008, 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 in between.  Once more he linked up with O’Shea, as a coach at Lewes, but relegation saw him join Bromley as a coach and then taking over the manager’s role on the departure of Mark Goldberg in February 2016, Neil took full time charge in February 2016.

Forging a side that was difficult to beat with limited resources, Neil did well in pushing the club towards the upper echelons of the National League and reaching the FA Trophy final of 2017-2018, when they were pegged back with a late injury time equaliser from Brackley Town, who went on to win 5-4 on penalties.  Following a review of performances by the team over a period of time, the board at Bromley decided they needed a change of manager, so, despite being in the play-off positions, Smith was sacked on 25th March 2021. 

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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 18th October 2008 Free   ??? ?? ??

Croydon Athletic ??? Free ??? ?? ??

 

Tottenham Hotspur career
 
0 League appearances; 0 goals
 0 FA Cup appearances; 0 goals
 0 League Cup appearances; 0 goals
 0 European appearances; 0 goals

 

Honours
England international
0 full caps; 0 goals

0 Under-21 caps; 0 goals

 

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