Player Profile

Midfielder Smith spent a largely forgettable period at Town during the largely forgettable 2018/19 season. A graduate of Sunderland’s youth academy, he was playing for Coleraine in Northern Ireland before joining Town on the recommendation of assistant manager Neil McDonald. Under the management of Phil Brown, he started the season as a first choice in midfield and made all of his eight starts for Town before early November - perhaps the highlight being a shot from the halfway line in the League Cup against Forest Green Rovers that hit the woodwork.

After Brown departed, Smith more or less disappeared. He made one substitute appearance in Richie Wellens’ first game in charge and then spent the next ten games as an unused substitute, before being left out of the matchday squad for the rest of the season and released at the end of it. After being released by Swindon, he joined Salford City and then Chesterfield, making few appearances for either.

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Sunderland Sunderland	2012 (youth) July 2014 (signed professional contract)
Gateshead Gateshead	rptd November 19th, 2015 (loan)
Carlisle United Carlisle United	March 19th, 2016 (loan)
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock	rptd June 24th, 2016
Coleraine Coleraine	rptd October 19th, 2017
Swindon Town Swindon	July 7th, 2018 (unattached); released (rptd May 8th, 2019)
Salford City Salford	July 23rd, 2019 (unattached); released (rptd January 14th, 2021)
Chorley Chorley	rptd November 1st, 2019 (loan); expired (2019/0)
Chesterfield Chesterfield	rptd January 14th, 2021 (unattached); released (2020/1)
Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	July 16th, 2021 (unattached); released (rptd May 19th, 2022)
South Shields South Shields	rptd June 1st, 2022 (unattached)