Dave Smith

MIDFIELD

Dave Smith

Stevenage career: 1988-90

47 (10) Appearances #182 all-time
5 Goals #173 all-time
44% Win Rate #252 all-time
5 Sep 1988 Debut v Heybridge Swifts (A)
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Factfile

Position
Midfield
Years
1988-90
Place of Birth
Coventry
Previous Clubs
Coventry Sporting, Hounslow
Later Clubs
Royston Town (1990)

Biography

From the classroom to the stadium, local schoolteacher Dave Smith enjoyed two seasons at Boro’ – before moving to Royston Town in December 1989. We weren’t the midfielder’s first rodeo either. His football career before Broadhall Way saw him play for Hounslow and Coventry Sporting. He even took to the middle for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

Statistics

Appearances 57 #182 all-time
Starts 47
Off the Bench 10
Goals 5 #173 all-time
Wins 25
Defeats 12
Yellow Cards 0
Red Cards 0
Win Rate 43.9% #252 all-time

Career Timeline

35
1988-89 4 goals
Debut season Most appearances Most goals

Season-by-Season Record

Complete playing record by season for Stevenage.

Season Starts Subs Goals YC RC Wins Defeats Apps Win %
1989-90 17 5 1 0 0 11 4 22 50%
1988-89 30 5 4 0 0 14 8 35 40%

Matches

Match-by-match playing record for Stevenage.

1989-90

22 Apps 1 Goals 0 YC 0 RC 5 Sub On 3 Sub Off
Mon 11 Sep
H ACD1
Carshalton Athletic
0-1
Sat 16 Sep
H FAC1Q
Cambridge City
3-5
Tue 3 Oct
A KFL
Welwyn Garden City
2-0
Sat 7 Oct
H FAVPR
Waltham Abbey
3-1
Mon 9 Oct
H V2N
Billericay Town
Goal
1-0
Sat 14 Oct
A V2N
Royston Town
0-0
Mon 16 Oct
H KFL
Welwyn Garden City
1-0
Sat 21 Oct
H V2N
Tring Town
1-1
Mon 23 Oct
H V2N
Hornchurch
1-0
Sat 28 Oct
H V2N
Witham Town
0-0
Tue 31 Oct
A HSC1
Boreham Wood
0-0
Sat 4 Nov
H FAV1
Flackwell Heath
2-1
Mon 6 Nov
H HSC1
Boreham Wood
2-0
Sat 11 Nov
H V2N
Heybridge Swifts
2-2
Tue 14 Nov
A V2N
Berkhamsted Town
2-2
Sat 2 Dec
A V2N
Finchley
4-0
Tue 5 Dec
A TSI2
Letchworth Garden City
2-0
Thu 7 Dec
H TSI3
Vauxhall Motors (Luton)
2-1
Sat 16 Dec
A FAV3
Potton United
0-2
Tue 26 Dec
H V2N
Letchworth Garden City
0-0
Mon 15 Jan
H KFL
Harlow Town
3-2
Mon 22 Jan
H HSC2
St Albans City
1-2