Allan Smart

Allan Smart

Personal information
Full name	Allan Andrew Colin Smart
Date of birth	(1974-07-08) 8 July 1974
Place of birth	Perth, Scotland
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Caledonian
1994	Caledonian Thistle	4	(0)
1994–1996	Preston North End	21	(6)
1995	→ Carlisle United (loan)	4	(0)
1996	→ Northampton Town (loan)	1	(0)
1996–1998	Carlisle United	45	(16)
1998–2001	Watford	56	(12)
2001	→ Hibernian (loan)	5	(1)
2001	→ Stoke City (loan)	2	(0)
2001–2002	Oldham Athletic	21	(6)
2002–2003	Dundee United	17	(0)
2003–2004	Crewe Alexandra	6	(0)
2004–2005	Milton Keynes Dons	18	(4)
2005–2006	Bury	13	(1)
2006–2007	Portadown	20	(5)
2007–2008	Burscough
2009	Southport
Total		229	(51)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Daventry Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Andrew Colin Smart (born 8 July 1974) is a Scottish football manager and former player who most recently managed Southern Football League club Daventry Town, where he also briefly served as club chairman.

In a 16-year playing career, Smart appeared as a Striker for Caledonian, Caledonian Thistle, Preston North End, Carlisle United, Northampton Town, Watford, Hibernian, Stoke City, Oldham Athletic, Dundee United, Crewe Alexandra, Milton Keynes Dons, Bury, Portadown, Burscough and Southport.

Career

Smart began his career with junior club Balbeggie and had spells with St Johnstone and Brechin City, but without appearing for either's first team. In 1993 he joined Highland League club Inverness Caledonian; the following year Smart made his Scottish League debut following the merger which created Inverness Caledonian Thistle with entry into the Scottish League Third Division, but was soon sold to Preston North End for a fee of £15000. Here he was sent out on loan to a number of clubs to gain experience and match practice. These clubs included Carlisle United and Northampton Town. In between these loan deals he also managed to make some first team appearances for Preston. However, after just thirty-one appearances for the club he was signed permanently by Carlisle in 1996 and then moved on to Watford for £100,000 in 1998.

During his time at Watford he helped them get promoted to the Premier League for the 1999–2000 season. He scored the second goal in Watford's 2–0 victory against Bolton in the 1999 Football League First Division play-off Final. Watford struggled to get a foot hold in the division as they finished 20th with just 24 points. However Smart still managed to score some goals, including the winner against Chelsea and the equaliser against Tottenham Hotspur. He stayed with the club until November 2001, after two loan moves to Hibernian (where he scored once against St Johnstone) and Stoke City respectively. In his second and final appearance for Stoke he was sent off after a clash with Oldham's Darren Sheridan on 21 November 2001. He then signed for Oldham Athletic for a fee of £225,000 on 30 November 2001 and would ironically line up alongside Sheridan for his Oldham debut against Cardiff on 1 December 2001, a matter of days after their initial altercation.

His time at Oldham was both frustrating and disappointing for Smart, as he managed just twenty-one appearances during his season-long stay at the club, before being released at the end of the season. Since leaving Oldham in 2002, he had spells at Dundee United, Crewe Alexandra, MK Dons and Bury (where he scored once against Leyton Orient) before signing for Portadown in the close season of 2006.

In July 2007, Smart joined Conference North side Burscough on a season-long loan. When the loan deal expired, Smart made the move permanent as his Portadown contract had also expired. After the departure of manager Liam Watson from Burscough, Smart became the assistant manager at the club, whilst also remaining on the playing staff. In September 2009, he took up a full-time job, as Head of Youth Development at Southport, while temporarily remaining as player and assistant manager part-time at Burscough.

In November 2014, Smart took on his first position as a manager after replacing Darran Foster at Southern League Division One Central side Daventry Town.

After the shock departure of chairman Iain Humphrey in June 2015, Smart relinquished his role as manager to become Daventry Town's new chairman.

Career statistics

• Sourced from Allan Smart profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Preston North End	1994–95	Third Division	19	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	22	7
	1995–96	Third Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7
Carlisle United (loan)	1995–96	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Northampton Town (loan)	1996–97	Third Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carlisle United	1996–97	Third Division	28	10	4	0	0	0	5	0	37	10
	1997–98	Second Division	16	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	17	7
Watford	1998–99	First Division	35	7	1	0	1	0	3	1	40	8
	1999–2000	Premier League	14	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	5
	2000–01	First Division	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2001–02	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hibernian (loan)	2001–02	Scottish Premier League	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Stoke City (loan)	2001–02	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Oldham Athletic	2001–02	Second Division	21	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	24	7
Dundee United	2002–03	Scottish Premier League	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
Crewe Alexandra	2003–04	First Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Milton Keynes Dons	2004–05	League One	18	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	22	6
Bury	2005–06	League Two	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	1
Career Total			209	46	10	2	8	2	12	2	239	52

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy and Football League play-offs.

Honours

with Carlisle United

• Football League Trophy winner: 1997

External links

• Allan Smart career statistics at Soccerbase

• http://www.dtfc.co.uk/news/iain-humphrey-has-resigned-as-dtfc-chairman-1447946.html
• http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk/league-news/daventry-appoint-smart-as-new-manager
• http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/blow-for-daventry-as-chairman-resigns-40300/