Smith, George

George Smith

Clubs played for: Newcastle United, Barrow, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Hartlepool United. (1963-1979).

Born: 1945

Birthplace: Newcastle upon Tyne

Position: Midfielder

Biography: Smith covered some miles during his eight club career with Portsmouth being his most southerly stop. Ended his career at Hartlepool and went into coaching. Now living in the north east where he set up his own academy which has discovered a number of current professionals including Michael Brown.

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Smith, George I played alongside George during our junior and senior school days in the 50s and 60s. In those days, he played inside right. Brian Turner inside left and myself centre-forward for West Gate Hill school in Newcastle. Great player
13-09-22 Albert Brown

Smith, George Great coach and scout, excellent memories of George training sessions, some great players that went on to make it, Joey Hutchinson, Soney Parker and Craig James
22-01-21 Mark judge

JOHN MCLOUGHLIN When I was a youngster in the early 70's, George had a sports shop in Marske by the Sea that I used to work in on Saturdays and on school holidays. Lovely bloke. His wife used to run the shop most of the time and they had a black labrador that used to sit in the back of the shop. Met a few of the Boro players through him at that time which was great as I was a Smoggie supporter.
12-07-20 JOHN MCLOUGHLIN