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Bobby
Smith |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
15 appearances, 13 goals (1 on
debut)
P 15 W 10 D 2 L 3 F
57:
A 26
80% successful
1958-63
captain:
none
minutes played: 1350 |
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Timeline |
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Robert Alfred Smith |
|
Birth |
22 February 1933
in Scarth Street, Lingdale,
North Yorkshire [registered in Guisborough, March 1933] |
|
Death |
18 September 2010
in Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, London, aged 77 years 209 days. |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
|
Biographies |
My
Memories of Spurs - Bobby Smith (Britespot Publishing, London, 2002) |
| |
Smith re-lives his
outstanding career for Spurs. Favourite goals, matches and players are
covered, plus many more memories that helped make Smith a living legend of
Spurs. - Amazon.co.uk |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Began his career
with local side Redcar Boys Club, also appearing for Redcar United FC and
Tudor Rose, as a full-back. Joined the Chelsea FC groundstaff in May 1949
as a sixteen year-old. He turned professional when he was seventeen
in May 1950. He was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur FC on 21 December
1955 for £17,000. He was transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion FC
for £5,000 in May 1964 following a series of articles published by
Smith regarding his club. He was suspended by Brighton in 1965 for being
15st., declaring him unfit. He found himself playing with non-league
side Hastings United FC in October 1965 before being suspended in March
1967. A trial with Leyton Orient FC in 1967 materialised into nothing, as
did a trial the following summer with Banbury United FC. His playing
career came to a premature end with an amazing tally of 218 league goals
in 376 league appearances. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Champions 1960-61; FA Cup winner 1960-61, 1961-62; European Cup Winners Cup winner 1962-63; Football League
Division Four winners 1964-65; |
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Individual honours |
Ballon d'Or
=fourteenth 1960; |
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Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5' 9", 12st
11lbs
[1962]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lamming's England
Who's Who [1972]. and The Guardian obituary, SpursNews. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One of two who became the 793rd
players (794)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-forward; Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 342, 8 October 1960,
Northern
Ireland
2 England 5, a
British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 27 years 229 days;
 |
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Last match |
No. 374, 20 November 1963,
England 8
Northern
Ireland 3, a
British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
30 years
271 days.
|
|
Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1958, 1962 (provisional squad);
British
Championship
1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64; |
|
Team honours |
British
Championship winner
1960-61, joint-winner 1963-64; |
|
Individual honours |
England B
(one unofficial appearance, 1952) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond
England |
Smith had
various jobs as a taxi and van driver, a painter and decorator, but was
injured when falling down a manhole.
In 1999, his 1961 FA Cup winners' medal, which had vanished from his
house, suddenly turned up in an auction, where it was sold for £11,200. "I
think it's disgusting," said Smith, "It's only football. How can prices
like this be justified?" |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
|
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
 |
captain |
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18+ |
15 |
10 |
0 |
1350 |
13 |
104 min |
10 |
|
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. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
15 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
57 |
26 |
+31 |
1 |
2 |
3.8 |
1.733 |
80 |
+7 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
30 |
13 |
+17 |
0 |
0 |
4.286 |
1.857 |
78.6 |
+4 |
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Away |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
27 |
13 |
+14 |
1 |
2 |
3.375 |
1.625 |
68.8 |
+3 |
Shirt Record
|
Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
White |
14 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
53 |
24 |
+29 |
1 |
2 |
3.786 |
1.263 |
71.4 |
+6 |
|
Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
ENP
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
ENF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
European Nations |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| British Championship |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
32 |
13 |
+19 |
1 |
1 |
4.571 |
1.857 |
71.4 |
+3 |
| Friendly |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
0 |
0 |
2.60 |
1.40 |
90.0 |
+4 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WCP
1960-62 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| WCP All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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European
Nations Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| ENP
1962-64 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| ENP All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC
1960-61 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
+13 |
0 |
0 |
2.111 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
BC 1961-62 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
BC 1962-63 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
BC 1963-64 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
BC All |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
32 |
13 |
+19 |
1 |
1 |
4.571 |
1.857 |
71.4 |
+3 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| EC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
BC |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
32 |
13 |
+19 |
1 |
1 |
4.571 |
1.857 |
71.4 |
+3 |
|
10 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
44 |
19 |
+25 |
1 |
2 |
4.40 |
1.90 |
65.0 |
+3 |
Match History
|
Age 19 |
B |
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trial appearance - GB Olympic
April 1952 |
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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FIFA set a deadline of 10 April 1962
for preliminary lists of forty players to be submitted. England's selectors
produced theirs, two days early. Following England's defeat by Scotland at
Hampden Park, the squad was whittled down to 22 names on 15 April, with 18 names
excluded including Bobby Smith. |
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manager:
Alf Ramsey - eight full appearances
(720 min) 5ᵍx
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England
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