Harry Smith (footballer, born 1995)

Harry Roy Smith (born 18 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Motherwell on loan from League One club Northampton Town.

Harry Smith
Personal information
Full name Harry Roy Smith[1]
Date of birth (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995
Place of birth Chatham, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Motherwell
(on loan from Northampton Town)
Number 29
Youth career
Brentford
Chelsea
Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sevenoaks Town
2014–2015 Sittingbourne
2015–2016 Folkestone Invicta 19 (13)
2016–2018 Millwall 9 (1)
2017 → Swindon Town (loan) 14 (2)
2018–2019 Macclesfield Town 39 (9)
2019– Northampton Town 35 (7)
2021– → Motherwell (loan) 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:08, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Born in Chatham,[3] Smith played youth football for Brentford, Chelsea and Gillingham, before playing non-league football for Sevenoaks Town, Sittingbourne and Folkestone Invicta.[2][4] While at Folkestone Invicta he had trials at Aberdeen, Gillingham, and Millwall,[5] before signing a two-year professional contract with Millwall in August 2016.[6] He made his debut for Millwall on 8 November 2016, scoring twice in an EFL Trophy game against Luton Town.[7]

On 12 July 2017, Smith joined League Two side Swindon Town on a season-long loan.[8] On the opening day of the 2017–18 campaign, Smith made his Swindon debut in their 2–1 away victory against Carlisle United, replacing the injured Luke Norris in the 34th minute.[9] On 30 September 2017, Smith scored his first goal for the club during their 2–0 home victory over Cambridge United, doubling Swindon's advantage in the 88th minute after Keshi Anderson had given the Robins the lead.[10] On 26 December 2017, Smith's loan spell at Swindon was terminated following a lack of game time.[11]

He was released by Millwall at the end of the 2017–18 season.[12]

On 4 July 2018, Smith opted to join newly promoted League Two side Macclesfield Town on a one-year deal.[13]

On 17 May 2019, it was announced that Smith would join League Two side Northampton Town on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee on 1 July 2019.[14][15] On 17 September 2019 against Stevenage Smith came on as a half time substitute with the scores at 0-0 and then scored what proved to be the winning goal, his first for the club, before later being sent off in the same game.[16] On 21 January 2021, Smith joined Motherwell on loan until the end of the season.[17][18]

Personal life

In March 2018, Smith released a statement stating that he was seeking help for mental health and gambling addiction problems.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Folkestone Invicta 2015–16[4] IL – Division One South 19130000001913
Millwall 2016–17[7] League One 9113002[lower-alpha 1]2126
2017–18[20] Championship 0000000000
Total 91130022126
Swindon Town (loan) 2017–18[20] League Two 14221102[lower-alpha 1]0193
Macclesfield Town 2018–19[21] League Two 39910314[lower-alpha 1]04710
Northampton Town 2019–20[22] League Two 19422107[lower-alpha 2]1297
2020–21[23] League One 163101130214
Total 35732211015011
Motherwell (loan) 2020–21[23] Scottish Premiership 4000000040
Career total 11932766218315043
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  2. 4 appearances and 1 goal in the EFL Trophy, 3 appearances in the Play-Offs.

Honours

Northampton Town

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Northampton Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 46. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. "Profile". Folkestone Invicta F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. Harry Smith at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. Steve Tervet (13 June 2016). "Folkestone Invicta striker Harry Smith going on trial with Millwall while Gillingham are also interested". Kent Online. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. "Millwall: League One club sign Folkestone Invicta striker Harry Smith". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. "Games played by Harry Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. "Harry Smith: Millwall striker joins Swindon Town on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. "Carlisle United vs. Swindon Town". Soccerway. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  10. "Swindon Town vs. Cambridge United". Soccerway. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  11. "Smith Returns To Millwall". Swindon Town Official Site. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. "Tim Cahill and Jimmy Abdou: Millwall release veteran Australian and midfielder". BBC Sport. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  13. "Harry Smith: Macclesfield Town sign former Millwall striker". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  14. "NORTHAMPTON TOWN SIGN STRIKER HARRY SMITH FOR AN UNDISCLOSED FEE". Northampton Town F.C. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  15. "Northampton Town sign Harry Smith from Macclesfield Town on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  16. "Stevenage 0-1 Northampton". BBC. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  17. "Harry Smith signs on Loan". www.motherwellfc.co.uk. 21 January 2021.
  18. "Harry Smith: Motherwell sign Northampton Town forward on loan until summer - BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  19. "Harry Smith: Millwall striker getting help for mental health and addiction issues". BBC Sport. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  20. "Games played by Harry Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  21. "Games played by Harry Smith in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  22. "Games played by Harry Smith in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  23. "Games played by Harry Smith in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  24. Pilnick, Brent (29 June 2020). "Exeter City 0–4 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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