Cecil Smith (footballer, born 1907)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecil Sydney Frank Smith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Hounslow, England | ||
| Date of death | 1990 (aged 82–83)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Left half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Brentford Market | |||
| 1931–1936 | Brentford | 3 | (0) |
| 1936–1938 | Doncaster Rovers | 68 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Cecil Sydney Frank Smith (16 June 1907 – 1990) was an English football left half who appeared in the Football League for Brentford and Doncaster Rovers.[1]
Club career
Brentford
Smith began his career at non-league side Brentford Market and joined the club's local Football League Division Three South side Brentford in August 1931.[1] He failed to make an appearance during the 1931–32 and 1932–33 seasons, by which time the Bees had been promoted to Division Two.[3][4] Smith finally made his debut midway through the 1933–34 season, in a 3–2 defeat to West Ham United on 6 January 1934.[5] He missed the entire 1934–35 season, in which Brentford secured promotion to Division One for the first time in the club's history,[3][4] though he did win the London Challenge Cup with the reserve team.[6] Smith made two appearances in Division One, a 0–0 draw with Liverpool in April 1936 and in a 2–0 defeat to Grimsby Town that October. He departed Griffin Park in November 1936, having made just three first team appearances in five years.[1][3]
Doncaster Rovers
Smith joined Division Two strugglers Doncaster Rovers in November 1936.[1] The club suffered relegation to the Division Three North at the end of the 1936/37 season, but challenged for the title during the following campaign. Smith made 68 appearances and scored two goals before leaving in 1938.[1]
Honours
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 147. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 268. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Football Club History Database - Brentford". fchd.info. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 82–83. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.