[2] He moved to Reading in 1996 and made his senior debut on the final day of the 1996–97 season, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 away defeat at Manchester City.

[3] Smith had played a key role in Yeovil's challenge for promotion to the Football League, but an agreed new contract offer was withdrawn when manager Colin Addison was sacked.

[4] He struggled to make an impact in his solitary season at Roots Hall and left for Hereford United, for whom he made 52 league appearances and scored 18 goals in a two-season-long spell.

The entire Weymouth squad had been transfer listed, due to financial problems, even though Smith had only recently signed a contract extension until 2009.

Smith started the vast majority of Hereford's matches in the 2007–08 season as the Bulls gained promotion to Football League One.

During his two and a half-year stay at Edgar Street, Smith featured in ninety-nine league games, notching seven times.

[6] In the 2010–11 season, Crawley were promoted to League Two, the fourth tier of English football, for the first time in their history after winning the Conference Premier with a record 105 points.

[18] After leaving the game, Smith worked as a teacher at Maltings Academy in Essex, having earned himself a degree in business management.

[19] Now living in West Sussex, he published a book Journeyman: One man's odyssey through the lower leagues of English football.