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Tommy
Smith |
Liverpool FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 0: A 0
50% successful
1971
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Smith MBE |
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Birth |
Thursday,
5 April 1945 at Arkles Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in
Liverpool North, June 1945]. |
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Marriage |
to Susanne Gough,
at the
St. Margaret's Church of England Church in the Anfield
area of Liverpool
[registered in
Liverpool North, September 1964]. |
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Death |
Friday, 12 April 2019, in Liverpool, from the effects of Dementia,
aged 74 years 8 days.
Smith suffered from Alzheimer's disease, which
was diagnosed in October 2014. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
 |
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Biographies |
Anfield Iron -
Tommy Smith (Bantam, May 2009) |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Liverpool, and became a part of the Anfield
groundstaff in May 1960. He signed professional forms with Liverpool FC in
April 1962. Eventually made the club captain. He made 467 league
appearances, scoring 36 goals. His time at Liverpool was only
interrupted by a spell in the 1976 summer with Tampa Bay Rowdies, where
he made seventeen NASL appearances. The Rowdies had signed Smith
on 20 February. After announcing his retirement, on 12 November 1976, to
take effect the following June, he eventually left Liverpool in
1978, Smith returned to the NASL and made twelve appearances
for the Los Angeles Aztecs. He returned to England and Swansea City FC in
August 1978, becoming the player-coach in August 1979. He retired two
months later because of a persistent knee injury having made 36
league appearances, scoring twice in Division Three. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division One
Champions 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, runners-up
1968-69, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1977-78; FA Charity
Shield shared 1964, 1965, 1974, 1977, winners 1966, 1976, runners-up
1971;
FA Cup winners 1964-65, 1973-74, runners-up
1970-71, 1976-77; European Cup Winners Cup runners-up 1965-66; UEFA Cup winners
1972-73,
1975-76; European Champions Cup winners 1976-77, 1977-78; European Super Cup winners 1977, runners-up 1978; Football League Cup
runners-up 1977-78; Division Three third place 1978-79; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½",
13st.
0lbs [1971]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One of three who became 875th
players
(875) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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Only match |
No. 454,
19 May 1971, England 0 Wales 0,
a British Championship match at Empire
Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 26 years
44 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1966 (standby); British Championship 1970-71; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1970-71; |
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Individual honours |
England U23
(ten appearances, two goals, 1965-68), England Youth |
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Distinctions |
Played for
Team America against England on 31 May 1976. |
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Beyond England |
|
Had a spell coaching the youths at
Liverpool FC before finally leaving the game. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.229. |
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The Numbers |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
starts |
sub |
unused |
mins. |
 | Capt. |
Disc. |
| - |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
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. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Match Record
|
Venue, Colour &
Comp. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home venue
White
shirt
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Tournament Record
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1970-71 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Match History
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Age 21 |
|
Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on 7 April 1966. He
then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall.
Tommy Smith was one of the twelve cut, but asked to remain on standby. |
Notes
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