Nicky Smith
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Leslie Smith
Date of birth (1969-01-28) 28 January 1969
Place of birth Berkeley, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Southend United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Southend United 60 (6)
1990–1994 Colchester United 157 (12)
1994 Northampton Town 6 (1)
1994–1997 Sudbury Town 154 (?)
1997 Cambridge City
1997–2002 Braintree Town 164 (19)
2002–2005 Maldon Town
2005–2006 Witham Town
2006–2011 A.F.C. Sudbury 48 (15)
International career
England national police team
Managerial career
2008–2011 AFC Sudbury
2011– England national police team
2012 Saffron Walden Town (Joint)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicholas Leslie "Nicky" Smith (born 28 January 1969) is a former professional footballer. After his professional career ended, he played for several non-League teams whilst serving as a policeman and has captained, coached and managed the England police team,[1][2] as well as managing AFC Sudbury.

Career

Born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Smith started his career at Southend United in the mid-1980s, before moving to Colchester United in 1990. He signed for Northampton Town in 1994, but made only six appearances before dropping into non-League with Sudbury Town in 1995, where he played alongside several other ex-Colchester players in a team that reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history.[3]

After leaving Sudbury, he played for several non-League clubs in East Anglia, including Cambridge City, Braintree Town, Maldon Town and Witham Town, before returning to Sudbury in 2006. In 2007, he became player-assistant manager, and on 17 May 2008 he was appointed manager of AFC Sudbury following the departure of Mark Morsley.[4] He resigned from the position in September 2011.[5] In 2012, he was appointed to the management team of Saffron Walden Town,[6][7] but resigned later the same year.[8]

Honours

Club

References

  1. ↑ Braintree: Tackling a new beat Gazette, 7 June 1999
  2. ↑ Smith And Wilmot Add to Their Jobs Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine AFC Sudbury, 25 March 2011
  3. ↑ Football: FA Cup Countdown: Powling's paupers can cash in The Independent, 15 November 1996
  4. ↑ "Squad > First - Player details - Nicky Smith". www.afcsudbury.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  5. ↑ A To Z The Men Of AFC Sudbury AFC Sudbury
  6. ↑ Wardley back as Bloods get step 6 go-ahead Non League Daily, 13 June 2012
  7. ↑ "Topics".
  8. ↑ Saffron Walden boss steps down Saffron Walden Reporter, 10 November 2012
  9. ↑ "Conference Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "FA Trophy Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
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