- Roger Smart
Infobox Football biography
playername = Roger Smart
fullname = Roger Smart
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1943|3|25|df=y
cityofbirth =Swindon
countryofbirth =England
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position = Inside Forward
currentclub =
youthyears = 1959-60
youthclubs = Swindon Town
years = 1960-73
1973-74
clubs = Swindon Town
Charlton Athletic
Bath City
Trowbridge Town
caps(goals) = 341(43)
30(1)
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managerclubs =Roger Smart (born
25 March 1943 inSwindon ) is a retired football Inside Forward.He made his way from schoolboy teams to work up through the youth ranks at Swindon Town before making his début in the reserves in April 1960.
He signed as a professional for the club in May 1960 but did not play first team football until March 1962, he scored his first goal for Swindon in a match with Queens Park Rangers on September 1.
Smart was relegated to the reserves for much of the 1962-63 season, before being recalled for the final three games of the season. He scored in each of these games and assured Swindon's promotion to
Division 2 for the first time in their history.cite book | title=Swindon Town Football Club - 100 Greats| last=Mattick| first=Dick| date=2002| pages=103-104| publisher=Tempus Publishing| location=Stroud| id=ISBN 0752427148]In 1965 he became the first nominated substitute to be used in a Swindon Town game.Cite web|url=http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/club_heroes69_Story.asp?NewsID=6|title=Town heroes 30 years on|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=
Swindon Advertiser |year=1999|work=Heroes of 69]Over the next few seasons, Smart became a first-team regular, moving into a role that allowed fellow striker Don Rogers to excel. Smart's best form came in 1968/69, when he scored fifteen goals - six of which came in the League Cup campaign, including the opening goal in the 1969 League Cup Final,cite book | title=Swindon Town Football Club - 100 Greats| last=Mattick| first=Dick| date=2002| pages=103-104| publisher=Tempus Publishing| location=Stroud| id=ISBN 0752427148] when he benefited from a mistake in the Arsenal defence, before bundling the ball into the net. He created Swindon's second and third goals, both scored by Rogers.Cite web|url=http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/club_heroes69_Story.asp?NewsID=6|title=Town heroes 30 years on|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=
Swindon Advertiser |year=1999|work=Heroes of 69] He was also a part of the1970 Anglo-Italian Cup andAnglo-Italian League Cup winning sides.In the twilight of his Town career, Smart moved back into a wing-half or midfield position.cite book | title=Swindon Town Football Club - 100 Greats| last=Mattick| first=Dick| date=2002| pages=103-104| publisher=Tempus Publishing| location=Stroud| id=ISBN 0752427148] He left Swindon at the end of the 1972/73 season, and joined Charlton Athletic on a free transfer.Cite web|url=http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/club_heroes69_Story.asp?NewsID=6|title=Town heroes 30 years on|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=
Swindon Advertiser |year=1999|work=Heroes of 69]He returned to the Swindon area a year later, with spells at Bath City and Trowbridge Town before retiring. As of 1999 he was landlord of the Plough Inn in Old Town, Swindon.Cite web|url=http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/club_heroes69_Story.asp?NewsID=6|title=Town heroes 30 years on|accessdate=2007-01-11|publisher=
Swindon Advertiser |year=1999|work=Heroes of 69] cite book | title=Swindon Town Football Club - 100 Greats| last=Mattick| first=Dick| date=2002| pages=103-104| publisher=Tempus Publishing| location=Stroud| id=ISBN 0752427148]References
External links
*soccerbase|7361|Roger Smart
* [http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=SMARTROG Player Profile] - Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk
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