Gordon Duffield Smith (born December 29, 1954 in Kilwinning) is a former football player who played for Rangers and Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., and later worked as a football agent and BBC football pundit. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Kilwinning ( Gaelic: Cill Fhinnean) is a historic town situated in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex.
On 1 June 2007, Smith was confirmed as the new chief executive of the Scottish Football Association. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and The Scottish FA or the "worst league in the world" is the governing body of [1]
Playing career
Smith started his career with Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. He was known as Casper (after the ghost) for the way he 'ghosted ' past defenders in his path. He was sold to Rangers in 1977 for £65,000. In his first season with Rangers, Smith won the domestic treble, scoring 27 goals from midfield. Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. He was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion in 1980 for a record transfer fee of £440,000. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. But he returned to Rangers on loan in December 1982 for the Scottish League Cup final, a match lost to Celtic. The Scottish Football League Cup is an Association football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. He made three appearances during his loan spell, without scoring.
However he did score for Brighton in the 1983 FA Cup Final as they drew 2-2 with Manchester United, although unfortunately for Smith, Brighton lost the replay 4-0. The commentary for the first match included the phrase ". . . and Smith must score" (which he didn't, on that occasion), an infamous soundbite that has haunted him since and overshadowed some notable playing achievements. A sound bite is an audiolinguistic and social communications phenomenon whose nature was recognized in the late 20th century helped by people such as Marshall McLuhan. On leaving Brighton in March 1984, Smith went on to Manchester City where he finished top scorer (with 12 League goals) in their 1984-85 promotion campaign to the top Division. TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club
Smith went on to play at the top level in Austria with Admira Wacker, in Switzerland with FC Basel, and back in Scotland for a short stint with Stirling Albion before retiring as a player in 1988. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Footballclub Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Stirling Albion FC is a football club currently playing in the Scottish Football League.
After playing
Smith had a spell as Assistant Manager of St Mirren between 1990 and 1993 before taking up his career in the media. Saint Mirren Football Club (commonly known by the shortening St
In his career as a football agent, he managed the careers of many footballers including Celtic's Paul Lambert and Scotland striker Kenny Miller. The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish football manager and former player currently in charge of Colchester United Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Kenneth "Kenny" Miller (born 23 December 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer playing for Scottish Smith relinquished his pundit and agent roles to take up the job vacated by David Taylor, in June 2007. David Taylor (born 1954 in Forfar, Scotland) is the General Secretary of the UEFA.
References
- ^ "Smith all set for SFA's top job", BBC Sport website, June 1, 2007.
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SFA Chief Executive 2007- |
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