Andy Smillie
| Andy Smillie | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Andrew Thomas Smillie | |
| birthday | March 15, 1941 | |
| place of birth | Ilford , England | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1956-1958 | West Ham United | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1958-1961 | West Ham United | 20 (3) |
| 1961-1963 | Crystal Palace | 53 (23) |
| 1963-1964 | Scunthorpe United | 13 (2) |
| 1964-1968 | Southend United | 164 (29) |
| 1968-1971 | Gillingham FC | 94 (7) |
| Folkestone FC | ||
| Ferndale Athletic | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| England pupil | ||
| England Juniors | 3 (?) | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Andrew Thomas "Andy" Smillie (born March 15, 1941 in Ilford ) is a former English football player.
Career
Smillie, who played several times in the English national school team, came to West Ham United in 1956 as a junior player . In 1958 he received his first professional contract and made his league debut in the away game against Tottenham Hotspur in December of the same year, after he had also played three times for the English junior national team. Smillie refused the terms of a contract extension he had been offered for the 1961/62 season and was then transferred after 20 first division appearances for 10,000 pounds to third division club Crystal Palace , where John Cartwright , Alf Noakes and George Petchey were already three former West Ham players were under contract.
After two seasons in which Smillie get 23 goals in 53 league appearances, he moved again in 1963 for £ 10,000 to league rivals Scunthorpe United . There the striker could not find his way around and only one season later moved to Southend United . Smillie remained loyal to Southend even after relegation to the fourth division in 1966 and only moved to the third division for Gillingham FC in 1968 for 7,000 pounds . After the Gills were relegated to the Fourth Division at the end of the 1970/71 season , Smillie ended his professional career and let his career end in the amateur camp at Folkestone FC and Ferndale Athletic.
After his time as a footballer, he opened the Smiley's restaurant on the North Sea coast of Southend-on-Sea .
literature
- Roger Triggs: The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club . Tempus Publishing Ltd., Stroud 2001, ISBN 0-7524-2243-X , pp. 298 .
- Tony Hogg: Who's Who of West Ham United . Profile Sports Media, London 2005, ISBN 1-903135-50-8 , pp. 189 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smillie, Andy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smillie, Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilford |