Will Smith

Smith was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He took up a scholarship with Barnsley in 2015, and was named Academy Player of the Year for the 2015–16 season. He turned professional in May 2017, and signed a new one-year contract in July 2018. Smith made his senior debut for Barnsley on 13 November 2018 in the EFL Trophy. In December, Smith and Barnsley team-mate Romal Palmer joined National League North club Darlington on a 28-day youth loan. Smith played the whole of all six of Darlington's matches during the initial loan, which was then extended to the end of the season. He was offered a new contract by Barnsley at the end of the 2018–19 season, but chose instead to leave the club and sign for Harrogate Town of the National League. According to Harrogate manager Simon Weaver, Smith showed at Darlington that he could cope with the physicality of men's football: "He's brave. He's a proper defender. He doesn't mind putting his head in there where it hurts and he knows how to defend his six-yard box. He's a big strong boy, but at the same time, he possesses that quality that the modern breed of centre-half has to have in his locker and can play football." Smith started 36 of a possible 37 league matches as Harrogate finished second in a 2019–20 National League season truncated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the play-offs, his header led to Jack Muldoon's goal by which Harrogate beat Boreham Wood in the play-off semi-final, and in the final, despite "not [having] a straightforward…

As of match played 22 February 2025

Harrogate Town

National League play-offs: 2020 FA Trophy: 2019–20