- James Smith (footballer born 1985)
Football player infobox
playername = James Smith
fullname = James Smith
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|10|17
cityofbirth =Liverpool
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Free Agent
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2005–2007 2007 2007
2007–2008
clubs = Liverpool → Ross County (loan)
→ Stockport County (loan)
Stockport County
caps(goals) = 00 (0) 08 (0) 11 (0)
15 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 22:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =James Smith (born
October 17 ,1985 inLiverpool ) is an Englishprofessional footballer who most recently played for Stockport County as a defender. He made over 30 appearances in theScottish Football League andthe Football League .Career
Smith signed his first professional contract with Liverpool in 2005 after coming through from the club's academy.cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/smith2/|title=James Smith| work=Profile|publisher=Liverpool FC|accessdate=2008-06-14] He made his debut and only senior appearance for the club in a League Cup tie against Reading in October 2006 [cite web| url=http://www.stockportcounty.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10419~37694,00.html|title=James Smith|work=Profile|publisher=Stockport FC|accessdate=2008-06-14] before joining
Scottish Football League club Ross County in January 2007 on loan for the remainder of the 2006–07 season, [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/ross_county/6241291.stm|title=Ross County loan deals for stars|date=2007-01-08 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2008-06-14] where he made nine league and cup appearances.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45195&seasonid=136|title=Games played by James Smith in 2006/2007|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post |accessdate=2008-06-14] He joined Stockport County on loan at the beginning of the 2007–08 season [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/6939052.stm|title=Stockport land duo on loan deals |date=2007-07-09 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-14] and then joined the club on a permanent basis in December 2007 until the end of the season. [cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_3010054,00.html|title=Smith joins Stockport|date=2007-12-29 |publisher=Sky Sports|accessdate=2008-06-14] He made 30 appearances for Stockport County in the 2007–08 season, [cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=45195&seasonid=137|title=Games played by James Smith in 2007/2008|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-14] helping the club to victory over Rochdale in the League Two play-off final in May 2008 and to promotion to League One. [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7416601.stm|title=Stockport 3-2 Rochdale|last=Fletcher|first=Paul|date=2008-05-26 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-14] He was released after rejecting County's offer of an improved contract.He is currently on trial at Altrincham FC.
References
External links
*soccerbase|id=45195|name=James Smith
* [http://www.stockportcounty.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10419~37694,00.html Profile at Stockportcounty.co.uk]
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