Joe Smith	Bolton Wanderers FC 5 appearances, 1 goal P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3 F 6: A 8 30% successful 1913-20 captain: none minutes played: 450
Timeline
	Joseph Smith
Birth	Tuesday, 25 June 1889 in Dudley Port, Staffordshire
	registered in Dudley July-September 1889
	Moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme when three months old. According to the 1891 census, Joseph is the youngest of three children, all sons, to Joseph and Rosina (née Dean), living at 6 Cartwright Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. His father is an iron puddler.
	According to the 1901 census, Joseph remains the youngest of the three children living at home with their parents now at 17 Cartwright Street. His father is still a puddler at the ironworks.
	According to the 1911 census, Joseph Smith is a professional footballer boarding with the Ainscow family at 76 Eustace Street in Bolton. His father died in spring 1914.
Marriage	to Priscilla Bond (née Taylor), on Tuesday, 7 June 1921, at Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire. Cissie is a widow. Her first husband, Henry James, died on 29 August 1918 in Flanders, but not before they had three children.
	registered in Manchester April-June 1921
	According to the 1921 census, Joseph, a professional footballer (with Bolton Wanderers FC), is with his wife, Cissie, on honeymoon at 14 Mona Drive in Douglas in the Isle of Man. He is with Frank Roberts and his wife. His mother died in early 1925. According to Passenger Lists, Joe Smith was part of the FA Tour that left Southampton bound for Quebec, Canada on 15 May 1926 on board the Empress of Scotland, they returned to Liverpool on 23 July 1926 on board the Montroyal. His address is stated as Brookfield Cottage in Tonge Bridge, Bolton.
	According to the 1939 register, Joseph, a professional football manager, is living at 22 Mere Road in Blackpool, presumably with his wife. His wife, Cissie, died on 18 July 1962 in Blackpool
Death	Wednesday, 11 August 1971, in a Blackpool hospital, living at 22 Mere Road in Blackpool, Lancashire
aged 82 years 47 days	registered in Fylde July-September 1971
Obituary
Funeral
Probate	"SMITH Joseph of 22 Mere Road Blackpool died 11 August 1971 Probate Liverpool 5 April. Effects £5218." [2025 equivalent: £66,089]
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began his junior career as fifteen year old with Newcastle Parish Schools Association, of the North Staffordshire Sunday School League. Despite interest from Stoke FC and Crewe Alexandra FC, where his older brother was playing, Smith signed for Bolton Wanderers FC in 1908 for a £10 transfer fee, he played as an emergency outside-left, before slotting into his familiar inside-left position. During WW1, Smith guested for Chelsea FC. On 16 March 1927, transfer deadline day, Stockport County FC signed him for a £1000 transfer fee, ending a nineteen year association with the Wanderers. Although the Football League did not receive the relevant paperwork until the morning after, so deemed Smith ineligible to play. County were deducted two points and fined £125 in total. After being placed on the transfer list, Smith joined Lancashire Combination side, Manchester Central FC on 22 June 1929 for the season, joining up with his old Bolton teammate, Frank Roberts. Without a club for the 1930-31 season, rumours abounded regarding Smith's retirement, but they were abated when he signed on for Darwen FC, also in the Lancashire Combination, on 8 September 1930, being appointed as club captain. Darwen had hoped to re-engage his services for another year, but he set his direction elsewhere.
League honours 519 appearances, 314 goals	Bolton Wanderers FC 1909-27 449 appearances, 254 goals debut (division two): 12 April 1909 West Bromwich Albion FC 2 Bolton Wanderers FC 0. Stockport County FC 1927-29 seventy appearances, sixty goals debut (division three north): 19 March 1927 Stockport County FC 2 Stoke FC 2. last (division three north): 1 April 1929 Wigan Borough AFC 4 Stockport County FC 0.
Club honours	Football League Division Two winners 1908-09 (1ᵃ), runners-up 1910-11 (32ᵃ 11ᵍ); Division One third place 1920-21 (41ᵃ 38ᵍ), 1924-25 (36ᵃ 24ᵍ); Division Three North third place 1927-28 (40ᵃ 38ᵍ), runners-up 1928-29 (22ᵃ 18ᵍ) FA Cup winners 1922-23ᶜ (7ᵃ 2ᵍ), 1925-26ᶜ (8ᵃ 6ᵍ); FA Charity Shield runners-up 1926 (Professionals); Lancashire Combination winners 1930-31; Lancashire Combination Cup winners 1930-31; East Lancashire Charity Shield winners 1930-31.
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	His 38 league goals in 1920-21 equalled the Football League record. Brother of Phil Smith (Burnley FC, Chelsea FC and Crewe Alexandra FC), killed in action October 1918.
Height/Weight	5' 7¼", 12st. 8lbs [1922].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Management Career
	Club(s): Appointed manager of Reading FC on 2 July 1931 until he became the manager of Blackpool FC from 19 August 1935, he remained at the seaside resort until his retirement in April 1958. Notes: Smith was not in charge of Darwen FC between 1929 and 1931.
	League honours: P 840 W 372 D 200 L 268 Reading FC 1931-35  Football League Division Three South runners-up 1931-32, 1934-35.  FA Cup best: fifth round 1934-35 (0-1 vs. The Arsenal FC). Blackpool FC 1935-58  Football League Division One runners-up 1955-56.  FA Cup winners 1952-53, after being runners-up in 1947-48 & 1950-51.
	Club honours: Football League Division Three South runners-up 1931-32, 1934-35, Second Division runners-up 1936-37, Division One runners-up 1955-56; Football League War Cup winners 1943; FA Cup runners-up 1947-48, 1950-51; winners 1952-53; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1953;
England Career
Player number	One of seven who became the 361st players (367) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Inside-left
First match	No. 114, 15 February 1913, Ireland 3 England 0, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 23 years 235 days.
Last match	No. 121, 15 March 1920, England 1 Wales 2, a British Championship match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 30 years 264 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1912-13, 1913-14, 1919-20;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1912-13;
Individual honours	England's Joint-Top Goalscorer (one 1914), England victory Internationals (three appearances), FA Tour of Canada 1926;
Distinctions	Died twenty days after Fred Tunstall
Beyond England
A successful football manager. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.227/8.

Joe Smith - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Mins.		goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
5	5	5	450	1	450 min	1	none	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Joe Smith - Match History
Club: Bolton Wanderers F.C. - 5 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 5 full capsx
Age 23
1	114	15 February 1913 - Ireland 2 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AL	Start	il
Age 24
2	118	16 March 1914 - Wales 0 England 2, Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	AW	Start 50	il
3	119	4 April 1914 - Scotland 3 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow		AL	Start	il

 

Age 30
4	120	25 October 1919 - Ireland 1 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AD	Start	il
5	121	15 March 1920 - England 1 Wales 2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury		HL	Start	il

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