He helped Crewe to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1962–63 before he was sold on to Port Vale for a £6,500 fee in October 1963.
Smith had trials with Stoke City, but after his discharge from National service, he was signed to Liverpool on amateur terms in 1955.
[2] He scored four times in thirty games in 1960–61, before he was transferred to Fourth Division side Crewe Alexandra in July 1961.
[1] He lost his first-team place on Boxing Day 1964 when he damaged an eye in a 3–0 defeat to Hull City.
Upon leaving Moss Lane, he turned out for Netherfield, then moved to Formby where he debuted in November 1975 a week after Alex Russell and played alongside his old Southport teammate Ambrose Clarke.