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'''David Bruce''' "'''Dave'''" '''Smith''' (born 14 November 1943 in [[Aberdeen]]) is a Scottish former professional [[association football|football]] player and manager.<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/davesmith|Dave Smith}}</ref>
'''David Bruce Smith''' (born 14 November 1943) is a Scottish former professional [[association football|football]] player and manager.<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/davesmith|Dave Smith}}</ref>


==Playing career==
Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] and moved to [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox, he made 303 appearances winning the [[Scottish League Cup]] in 1971, the [[Scottish Cup]] in 1973 and, most notably, the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1972. That year, he was voted the [[Scottish Football Writers' Association]]'s Player of the year. During his time at Rangers he collected two Scottish caps.
Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] and moved to [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox, he made 303 appearances winning the [[Scottish League Cup]] in 1971, the [[Scottish Cup]] in 1973 and, most notably, the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1972.<ref>[https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/sep/04/forgotten-story-rangers-1972-european-cup-winners The forgotten story of … Rangers' 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup win], Daniel Harris The Guardian, 4 September 2014</ref> That year, he was voted the [[Scottish Football Writers' Association]]'s Player of the year.


During his career he collected two [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] caps, featuring twice in [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] matches against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]<ref>{{SFA Profile|id=113038|name=David Smith}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]], where he took up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]] in 1976 and, while there, he transformed the club's fortunes, guiding them to the [[Scottish Second Division]] championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed [[Huntly F.C.|Huntly]], [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]] and [[Whitehill Welfare F.C.|Whitehill Welfare]].
Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for [[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]], where he took up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]] in 1976 and, while there, he transformed the club's fortunes, guiding them to the [[Scottish Second Division]] championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed [[Huntly F.C.|Huntly]], [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]] and [[Whitehill Welfare F.C.|Whitehill Welfare]].


Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the [[Seattle Sounders (NASL)|Seattle Sounders]] and the [[Los Angeles Aztecs]] in the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|NASL]] and is also known to have played in [[South Africa]]. His brother [[Doug Smith (footballer born 1937)|Doug]] was also a professional footballer, who spent his entire career with [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]].
Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the [[Seattle Sounders (NASL)|Seattle Sounders]] and the [[Los Angeles Aztecs]] in the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|NASL]] and is also known to have played in South Africa.

==Personal life==
Smith had two brothers who were also professional footballers: [[Doug Smith (footballer, born 1937)|Doug]], who spent his entire career with [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]], and Hugh, who played for [[Forfar Athletic F.C.|Forfar Athletic]] and [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Morton]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hannan|first1=Martin|title=Obituary: Doug Smith, footballer and club chairman who had a 44-year association with Dundee United|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-doug-smith-footballer-and-club-chairman-who-had-a-44-year-association-with-dundee-united-1-2684345|access-date=20 November 2017|work=The Scotsman|date=11 December 2012|location=Edinburgh}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile |url=https://afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=174 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=afcheritage.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rangers Player Dave Smith Details |url=https://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1455 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.fitbastats.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Smith {{!}} Player Statistics {{!}} Arbroath (Arbroath Archive) |url=https://www.arbroatharchive.co.uk/player.php?id=1672 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.arbroatharchive.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/davesmith.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |National Cup
! colspan="2" |League Cup
! colspan="2" |Europe
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
|[[1961–62 Aberdeen F.C. season|1961–62]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Scottish Football League|Scottish Division One]]
|2
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|2
|0
|-
|[[1962–63 Aberdeen F.C. season|1962–63]]
|31
|3
|3
|0
|1
|0
|0
|0
|35
|3
|-
|[[1963–64 Aberdeen F.C. season|1963–64]]
|33
|2
|4
|1
|6
|0
|0
|0
|43
|3
|-
|[[1964–65 Aberdeen F.C. season|1964–65]]
|33
|0
|2
|0
|6
|4
|0
|0
|41
|4
|-
|[[1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season|1965–66]]
|34
|3
|5
|0
|6
|0
|0
|0
|45
|3
|-
|[[1966–67 Aberdeen F.C. season|1966–67]]
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!133
!8
!14
!1
!19
!4
!0
!0
!166
!13
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|[[1966–67 Rangers F.C. season|1966–67]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Scottish Football League|Scottish Division One]]
|34
|2
|1
|0
|11
|0
|9
|2
|55
|4
|-
|[[1967–68 Rangers F.C. season|1967–68]]
|34
|2
|5
|0
|6
|0
|6
|0
|51
|2
|-
|[[1968–69 Rangers F.C. season|1968–69]]
|23
|2
|5
|0
|4
|0
|9
|1
|41
|3
|-
|[[1969–70 Rangers F.C. season|1969–70]]
|25
|0
|3
|0
|5
|0
|2
|0
|35
|0
|-
|[[1970–71 Rangers F.C. season|1970–71]]
|11
|0
|3
|0
|1
|0
|0
|0
|15
|0
|-
|[[1971–72 Rangers F.C. season|1971–72]]
|30
|1
|7
|0
|0
|0
|7
|0
|44
|1
|-
|[[1972–73 Rangers F.C. season|1972–73]]
|29
|0
|5
|0
|9
|1
|0
|0
|43
|1
|-
|[[1973–74 Rangers F.C. season|1973–74]]
|9
|1
|1
|0
|6
|1
|1
|0
|17
|2
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!195
!8
!30
!0
!42
!2
!34
!3
!301
!13
|-
|[[Arbroath F.C.|Arbroath]]
|[[1974–75 Scottish Division One|1974–75]]
|[[Scottish Football League|Scottish Division One]]
|20
|0
|4
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|24
|0
|-
|[[Arcadia Shepherds F.C.|Arcadia Shepherds]]
|1975–76
|[[National Football League (South Africa)|NFL]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[Seattle Sounders (NASL)|Seattle Sounders]]
|[[1976 North American Soccer League season|1976]]
|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]]
|5
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|5
|0
|-
|[[Los Angeles Aztecs]]
|[[1976 North American Soccer League season|1976]]
|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]]
|15
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|15
|0
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]]
|[[1976–77 Scottish Second Division|1976–77]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Second Division]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[1977–78 Scottish Second Division|1977–78]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[1978–79 Scottish Second Division|1978–79]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[1979–80 Scottish First Division|1979–80]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Scottish First Division]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[1980–81 Scottish First Division|1980–81]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!157
!11
!-
!-
!-
!-
!-
!-
!157+
!11+
|-
|[[Meadowbank Thistle F.C.|Meadowbank Thistle]]
|[[1980–81 Scottish Second Division|1980–81]]
|[[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Second Division]]
|11
|0
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|11+
|0+
|-
|[[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]]
|[[1980–81 Scottish First Division|1980–81]]
|[[Scottish First Division]]
|6
|0
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|6+
|0+
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!542+
!27+
!48+
!1+
!61+
!6+
!34
!3
!685+
!37+
|}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Smith {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113038&lid=1 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk}}</ref>
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1966
|1
|0
|-
|1967
| colspan="2" |—
|-
|1968
|1
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!2
!0
|}

=== Managerial record ===
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berwick Rangers Manager Dave Smith Details |url=https://www.fitbastats.com/berwick/manager.php?id=771 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.fitbastats.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |From
! rowspan="2" |To
! colspan="5" |Record
|-
!P
!W
!L
!D
!Win %
|-
|[[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]]
|1976
|1980
|180
|68
|58
|54
|37.78%
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.rangers.co.uk/articles/20040601/dave-smith_2255475_1561310 Rangers hall of fame]
*[https://rangers.co.uk/club/history/hall-of-fame/dave-smith/ Rangers hall of fame]
*[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Smith.Dave.htm NASL stats]
*[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Smith.Dave.htm NASL stats]


{{SFWA Footballer of the Year}}
{{SFWA Footballer of the Year}}
{{Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame}}
{{Berwick Rangers F.C. managers}}
{{Berwick Rangers F.C. managers}}
{{Peterhead F.C. managers}}
{{Peterhead F.C. managers}}


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Latest revision as of 18:53, 29 May 2024

For other people with the same name, see Dave Smith (disambiguation).

Dave Smith
Personal information
Full name David Bruce Smith
Date of birth (1943-11-14) 14 November 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1966 Aberdeen 133 (8)
1966–1974 Rangers 195 (8)
1974–1975 Arbroath 20 (0)
1975–1976 Arcadia Shepherds F.C.
1976 Seattle Sounders 5 (0)
1976 Los Angeles Aztecs 15 (0)
1976–1980 Berwick Rangers 157 (11)
1980–1981 Meadowbank Thistle 11 (0)
1981 Hamilton Academical 6 (0)
1981–198? Huntly
Total 542 (27)
International career
1966–1968 Scotland 2 (0)
1966–1970 Scottish League XI 4 (0)
Managerial career
1976–1980 Berwick Rangers
1981–198? Huntly
1982–1983 Peterhead
Gala Fairydean
Whitehill Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Bruce Smith (born 14 November 1943) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.[1]

Playing career

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Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox, he made 303 appearances winning the Scottish League Cup in 1971, the Scottish Cup in 1973 and, most notably, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.[2] That year, he was voted the Scottish Football Writers' Association's Player of the year.

During his career he collected two Scotland caps, featuring twice in Friendly matches against the Netherlands[3]

Coaching career

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Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for Arbroath, where he took up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at Berwick Rangers in 1976 and, while there, he transformed the club's fortunes, guiding them to the Scottish Second Division championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed Huntly, Gala Fairydean and Whitehill Welfare.

Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the Seattle Sounders and the Los Angeles Aztecs in the NASL and is also known to have played in South Africa.

Personal life

[edit]

Smith had two brothers who were also professional footballers: Doug, who spent his entire career with Dundee United, and Hugh, who played for Forfar Athletic and Morton.[4]

Career statistics

[edit]

Club

[edit]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6][7][8]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aberdeen 1961–62 Scottish Division One 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962–63 31 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 35 3
1963–64 33 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 43 3
1964–65 33 0 2 0 6 4 0 0 41 4
1965–66 34 3 5 0 6 0 0 0 45 3
1966–67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 133 8 14 1 19 4 0 0 166 13
Rangers 1966–67 Scottish Division One 34 2 1 0 11 0 9 2 55 4
1967–68 34 2 5 0 6 0 6 0 51 2
1968–69 23 2 5 0 4 0 9 1 41 3
1969–70 25 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 35 0
1970–71 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
1971–72 30 1 7 0 0 0 7 0 44 1
1972–73 29 0 5 0 9 1 0 0 43 1
1973–74 9 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 17 2
Total 195 8 30 0 42 2 34 3 301 13
Arbroath 1974–75 Scottish Division One 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Arcadia Shepherds 1975–76 NFL - - - - - - - - - -
Seattle Sounders 1976 NASL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 NASL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Berwick Rangers 1976–77 Scottish Second Division - - - - - - - - - -
1977–78 - - - - - - - - - -
1978–79 - - - - - - - - - -
1979–80 Scottish First Division - - - - - - - - - -
1980–81 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 157 11 - - - - - - 157+ 11+
Meadowbank Thistle 1980–81 Scottish Second Division 11 0 - - - - - - 11+ 0+
Hamilton Academical 1980–81 Scottish First Division 6 0 - - - - - - 6+ 0+
Career total 542+ 27+ 48+ 1+ 61+ 6+ 34 3 685+ 37+

International

[edit]
Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1966 1 0
1967 —
1968 1 0
Total 2 0

Managerial record

[edit]

[10]

Team From To Record
P W L D Win %
Berwick Rangers 1976 1980 180 68 58 54 37.78%

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dave Smith at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ^ The forgotten story of … Rangers' 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup win, Daniel Harris The Guardian, 4 September 2014
  3. ^ David Smith at the Scottish Football Association
  4. ^ Hannan, Martin (11 December 2012). "Obituary: Doug Smith, footballer and club chairman who had a 44-year association with Dundee United". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Rangers Player Dave Smith Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Dave Smith | Player Statistics | Arbroath (Arbroath Archive)". www.arbroatharchive.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ^ www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/davesmith.html. Retrieved 11 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "David Smith | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Berwick Rangers Manager Dave Smith Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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