Alex Smith (footballer born 1938)
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Alex Smith is an English-born footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s, notably with Halifax Town
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He was the Accrington Stanley
goalkeeper in all their games in the 1961-62 season, but following their resignation from the league, their results were expunged and he is not shown officially to have played any league games for them.
After Accrington's demise he moved to Bolton Wanderers, and then on to Halifax Town for whom he made over 300 league appearances. His final league club was Preston North End. He later became the goalkeeping coach at Bolton's academy, leaving the club in 2009.
Alex currently resides with his wife Carol, whilst taking care of the family business Bolton Bed Centre.
Halifax Town A.F.C.
Halifax Town Association Football Club were an English football team who most recently played in the Conference National, although prior to that they participated in the Football League for over eighty years...
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He was the Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)
Accrington Stanley was an English football club based in Accrington, Lancashire. Established in 1891, the club played in the Football League between 1921 and 1962, when the club became only the second ever to resign from the League mid-season. The club went into liquidation in 1966...
goalkeeper in all their games in the 1961-62 season, but following their resignation from the league, their results were expunged and he is not shown officially to have played any league games for them.
After Accrington's demise he moved to Bolton Wanderers, and then on to Halifax Town for whom he made over 300 league appearances. His final league club was Preston North End. He later became the goalkeeping coach at Bolton's academy, leaving the club in 2009.
Alex currently resides with his wife Carol, whilst taking care of the family business Bolton Bed Centre.