Paul Antony Smith

Football player infobox
playername = Paul Smith


fullname = Paul Antony Smith
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height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|01|25
cityofbirth = Hastings
countryofbirth = England
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position = Midfielder
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years = 1992-1994
1993-1997
1997-2003
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
clubs = Hastings Town
Nottingham Forest
Lincoln City
Ilkeston Town
Sheffield
Glapwell
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000 0(0)
137 (19)
00? 0(?)
001 0(0)
00? 0?
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pcupdate = 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
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Paul Smith (born January 25 1976 in Hastings, England) is an English footballer, who most recently played for Glapwell. He is remembered from his time as a professional with Lincoln City.

A fast and tricky winger, Paul began his career with Hastings Town before being snapped up for £50,000 by Nottingham Forest. He failed to make the first team at Forest and moved to Lincoln City in December 1997. He time at Lincoln City was ended by a back injury which forced his retirement from the professional game. In August 2004, Paul came out of retirement to link up with his old Lincoln City manager Phil Stant who was now in charge of Ilkeston Town. However, his back injury continued to trouble him and in January 2005 he once again retired. However, he underwent extensive treatment and was able to resume his career with Ilkeston in August 2005. For the 2006-2007 season, Paul moved on to Sheffield but his injury jinx struct again when he dislocated his shoulder during his debut against Mickleover Sports and the injury would keep him out for the remainder of the season. In August 2007, Paul moved to Glapwell, helping the team to promotion before leaving at the end of the season due to work commitments. [cite web
url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/Glapwell-geared-up-for-new.4382572.jp
title=Glapwell geared up for new challenge
publisher=Ashfield Chad
date=13 August, 2008
accessdate=2008-09-01] In an interesting footnote, him namesake Paul Smith who is three days older joined Sheffield in August 2007.

External links

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* [http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=1131 Retires from Ilkeston, Jan 2005]
* [http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=1856 Returns to Ilkeston, Aug 2005]
* [http://www.sheffieldfc.com/Sheffield_FC_2-1_Mickleover_Sports__(8-12-2006)_Last_Gasp_Win_for_Club_.html Report of Sheffield debut, Aug 2006]