[2] He was born in Sunderland but joined Newcastle United as a youth, and made his senior debut as a substitute for Nigel Walker against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 November 1977.
He started the next match at home to Arsenal, but was not able to make any more senior appearances in a struggling team.
[3] Smith quickly made his debut for Peterborough, in a Football League Third Division match against Swansea City on 10 March 1979, with his first goal following a fortnight later against Plymouth Argyle.
[4] In all he made 68 Football League appearances for the club[2] (75 in all senior competitions).
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