Smith spent the majority of his career at Crewe Alexandra, playing in 400 League games and more than 460 overall.
The highlight of Smith's career came when he scored the winner for Crewe Alexandra in their 1-0 victory over Brentford in the 1997 1997 Football League Second Division play-off final at Wembley.
During the first division era Smith played mostly at left back for Crewe and was popular with the supporters despite never being a big star.
Smith eventually left Crewe in the summer of 2002 to join Hull City, where he scored once against Cambridge United,[4] and a year later had two joint testimonial games (alongside fellow player Steve Macauley) at Crewe's Alexandra Stadium against Merseyside clubs Liverpool and Everton.
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