Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing career

Steve Smith played for Aston Villa from 1893 to 1901, helping them to win the Football League title in 1893–94, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99 and 1899–1900, as well as the 1895 FA Cup Final. Although Villa also won the cup in 1897 (thereby taking the "double"), Smith was not selected to play in the final although he made four appearances in the earlier rounds. He made one England appearance against Scotland in 1895. In 1901 he moved south to join Southern League club Portsmouth, helping them to regain the Southern League championship at the end of his first season.

Management career

In 1906 he was appointed to the role of player-manager of another Southern League club, New Brompton, a position he held until 1908.

Club
Aston Villa F.C. (1893–1901)
Club
Hednesford Town F.C.
Club
Gillingham F.C. (1906–1908)
Club
Portsmouth F.C. (1901–1906)
Club
England men's national association football team (1895–1895)
National team
England

Legacy

Honours

Aston Villa

Football League champions: 1893–94, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900 FA Cup winners: 1895

Clubs

Played together with

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

English footballer, born 1874 (1874–1935)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Stephen Smith was an England international footballer in the late 19th century. Smith was born in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire.

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