[5] Smith was ghostwriter on the book Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez published in 2012.
[12] In 2022 Smith published the book Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever.
[13] A frequent guest on BBC Radio 5 Live,[14][15][16][17] Smith has also written for ESPN,[18] The Blizzard[19] and FourFourTwo.
[20] He has appeared on the Second Captains podcast,[21] often on The Anfield Wrap,[22][23] and The Totally Football Show as well as recording his own weekly Set Piece Menu podcast with Hugh Ferris, football commentator Steven Wyeth and former England international Andy Hinchcliffe.
[28] In 2015 he was highly commended by the Sports Journalists' Association[29] He was nominated for writer of the year at the 2013,[30] 2015,[31] 2017 and 2019 Football Supporters Federation Awards,[32] winning in 2015 [33] and 2019.