Sammy Smyth
| Sammy Smyth | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Samuel Smyth | |
| birthday | February 25, 1925 | |
| place of birth | Belfast , Northern Ireland | |
| date of death | 19th October 2016 | |
| Place of death | Grand Cayman , Cayman Islands | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1942-1945 | FC Distillery | |
| 1945-1947 | Linfield FC | |
| 1947 | FC Dundela | |
| 1947-1951 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 102 (34) |
| 1951-1953 | Stoke City | 40 (17) |
| 1953-1955 | Liverpool FC | 44 (20) |
| 1955 | Bangor FC | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1947 | Northern Ireland amateurs | 1 (0) |
| 1947-1951 | Northern Ireland | 9 (5) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Samuel "Sammy" Smyth (born February 25, 1925 in Belfast , † October 19, 2016 on Grand Cayman ) was a Northern Irish football player . The half-forward was initially a pure amateur athlete in his homeland before moving south to England, where he won the FA Cup at Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1949 and then played for the English first division clubs Stoke City and Liverpool FC .
Athletic career
In July 1947 Smyth moved to the English First Division for the Wolverhampton Wanderers for a transfer fee of 1,100 pounds . At the side of fellow strikers such as Johnny Hancocks , Dennis Westcott , Jesse Pye , Jimmy Dunn , Jimmy Mullen and Billy Crook , the agile attacker immediately became a regular in the team of Welsh coach Ted Vizard . Although at the end of the 1947/48 season the fifth place in the league jumped out, the club management replaced Vizard by his former player Stan Cullis and under the new leadership Smyth reached the 1949 FA Cup final. With his goal to make it 3-1, he made it here in the 68th minute of the game against Leicester City for the decision and the first trophy of the "Wolves" in 48 years. The following year he won the runner-up and after a total of 116 competitive appearances and 43 goals, he was hired in September 1951 for a transfer fee of 25,000 pounds also in the top English division at Stoke City .
The stay with the "Potters" was short-lived; after a little over a year in the lower third of the table, he moved to Liverpool for £ 12,000 and gave his debut for the "Reds" on January 3, 1953 against his fresh ex-club from Stoke-on-Trent . This failed with a 1: 3 defeat and the subsequent two bankruptcies ensured that Smyth came threateningly close to relegation in Liverpool. After only one success could be retracted in 15 games, Smyth scored in three consecutive games and led his team to victory. His seven goals in a total of 18 games were ultimately a not insignificant factor in keeping the league. Although he got 13 goals in 26 games in the subsequent 1953/54 season , relegation could no longer be prevented.
Smyth, who was a nine-time selection player for the Northern Irish national team between 1947 and 1951 , played his last game for Liverpool on April 24, 1954, finally turned his back on English professional football after the end of his contract in January 1955 and went back to his homeland.
successes
- English cup winner : 1949
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/wolves-fa-cup-final-hero-and-former-stoke-and-liverpool-star-sam-smyth-dies-at-91/story-29833790-detail /story.html ?
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smyth, Sammy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smyth, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfast |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 2016 |
| Place of death | Grand Cayman |