George Smith

**Last statistical update: 02:10, 16 May 2023 (UTC)**

**George Smith** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

After appearing for their reserves across the campaign, which he would finish with 18 goals in 13 games for them at that level, Smith made his senior debut for Heybridge Swifts in their Tolleshunt D'Arcy Memorial Cup final triumph over Hullbridge Sports on 11 April 2017; having replaced Reece Grant off the bench after 74 minutes. 2017–18 would see the forward net 4 times in 10 games for the reserves, in a season that would also see him score once (versus Springfield in the Tolleshunt D'Arcy Memorial Cup quarter-final) across 9 appearances; which also included his Isthmian League - North Division bow versus AFC Hornchurch on 9 January 2018. Back around September 2017, Smith was loaned to Stansted.

Stansted (loan)
On 1 September 2017, Smith was loaned to the Essex Senior League with Stansted. He debuted in a 2–0 loss away to Ilford a day later, which would turn out to be 1 of 7 total appearances that he would make across the month and the succeeding October for *The Blues*.

Coggeshall Town
Smith started the 2018–19 season with Isthmian League - North Division club Coggeshall Town after being noted as a new signing on 29 July 2018, though the forward wouldn't appear competitively for the *Seed Growers*.

Wivenhoe Town
From August 2018, Smith was turning out in the Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South for Wivenhoe Town. He made it a goalscoring debut for *The Dragons*, after striking in an opening day of the season draw at home to Wormley Rovers on 4 August. Smith then made 5 further appearances up until early October as he also concurrently appeared for Coggeshall United.

Coggeshall United
Whilst continuing to appear for Wivenhoe Town for the initial part of the campaign, Smith joined fellow Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South outfit Coggeshall United at the beginning of 2018–19. After making his bow on 7 August 2018 at home to Little Oakley, the forward netted his 1st goal for *The Weavers* next time out on 11 August in a 4–3 road win over Frenford. He would later conclude September with a brace away to White Ensign on 22 September, prior to scoring in October versus Braintree Town Reserves (once, on 13 October) and Lopes Tavares London (twice, on 20 October). In December, Smith netted a singular strike over ex-club Wivenhoe Town and a hat-trick in a 9–0 victory over Fire United.

Across 3 days in January 2019, Smith scored back-to-back doubles across league and cup versus Benfleet and Burnham Ramblers. On 2 February, the forward converted 4 goals in a 4–1 league win at home to Benfleet, which preceded further goals that month against Harwich & Parkeston (2), former club Wivenhoe Town and Braintree Town Reserves. Smith would subsequently net twice in a 5 March victory on home turf versus Brightlingsea Regent Reserves, prior to opening April with a treble in a 5-goal triumph over Holland. He ended the campaign with more strikes in that month versus Frenford (away and home), May & Baker and Fire United. *The Weavers* finished 2nd behind HTU, as Smith amassed 31 goals and 16 assists in 36 matches.

### HTU

2018–19
On 24 May 2019, Jay Devereux's HTU announced that Smith had been signed up for their debut campaign in the Essex Senior League in 2019–20. His unoffical debut occurred on 4 June as *The Tags* took on the Hashtag Academy at the Harlow Arena, as HTU won 2–0 with Smith assisting Daniel Adjei for the 2nd goal.

2019–20
Smith opened 2019–20 with a goal in his opening pre-season appearance, as he converted in a 3–1 victory away to Anstey Nomads on 13 July 2019. Further exhibition goals arrived versus Bowers & Pitsea, Hashtag Originals and Peterborough Northern Star. After making his competitive bow as HTU lost on the 1st day of the Essex Senior League campaign to Southend Manor on 7 August, Smith scored a brace for *The Tags* during a 2–0 away triumph over Redbridge. He then opened September with an assist (for Ryan Adams on 3 September versus Halstead Town) and a goal (on 7 September against Sawbridgeworth Town), prior to claiming 1 goal and 1 assist (for Jesse Waller Lassen) in a 14 September defeat in the FA Vase 1st qualifying round at Frenford.

October 2019 would see Smith score 9 goals across 8 appearances for *The Tags*, as he struck braces against Walthamstow, Cockfosters and Witham Town alongside singular strikes versus Hoddesdon Town, Clapton and Takeley. In 1 of the 2 matches that he didn't convert in, a win away to ex-club Stansted on 5 October, the forward assisted Jesse Waller Lassen's opener. His goal output slowed across the rest of 2019, as he was limited to goals against West Essex (on 16 November) and Hadley (on 14 December). Smith returned to form in January 2020, as he followed a 11 January victory goal (and assist for Tom Anderson) versus Sawbridgeworth Town with a hat-trick over Redbridge on 18 January and a brace against Woodford Town on 24 January (with another assist for Anderson).

2019–20 would suffer a COVID-19 pandemic-enforced curtailment around March 2020, though not after Smith had added goals against Hadley (brace), Ilford and Walthamstow to his tally alongside an assist versus Saffron Walden Town for Tom Anderson; having also notched 1 for Albie Keith in the triumph over Walthamstow.

2020–21
After netting 3 goals and 1 assist (for Bertuğ Seyhan) across 2020–21 pre-season against Great Wakering Rovers (brace) and Stanway Rovers, Smith scored 4 goals across the club's opening 5 competitive fixtures after converting versus Park View (cup), Ilford (also assisting Toby Aromolaran), Felixstowe & Walton United (cup) and Takeley (assisting Joshua Osude). The forward subsequently got October underway with 5 goals in 4 games having netted braces over St. Margaretsbury and Wormley Rovers and a single versus Woodford Town. A 2nd curtailment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic came around December, with Smith finishing up with assists for Albie Keith (versus Cockfosters on 17 October) and Harry Honesty (against former club Coggeshall United on 1 November, also scored).

At the backend of the campaign, Smith netted his 44th HTU goal in an exhibition encounter on 15 May 2021 against Hashtag Academy - the opponents he faced on his non-competitive bow for *The Tags* 2 years prior. Days after that match, HTU were promoted to the Isthmian League - North Division via a points-per-game method from the curtailed seasons.

2021–22
After netting his penultimate HTU goal during the pre-season schedule versus Frenford, Smith opened 2021–22 with an FA Cup preliminary start in an eventual loss to Ware away from home on 21 August 2021. Having failed to score in 6 official matches to start the campaign, the forward belatedly claimed his 1st goal of the season - and his last for *The Tags* - in a mid-season friendly win away to Hertford Town on 30 October. On 19 November, days after his final showing in a Velocity Sports Trophy defeat at home to Corinthian, Smith's departure from the club was confirmed; as he noted that it had "been a pleasure" and that he was "sad to be going".

### Post-HTU

Hullbridge Sports
On 27 November 2021, fellow Isthmian League - North Division team Hullbridge Sports revealed that Smith had signed with *The Bridge*. His 1st appearance arrived on that day as they drew 1–1 at home to AFC Sudbury, which preceded his 1st goal arriving on 4 December in a 7–1 road defeat to ex-club Heybridge Swifts. After 5 scoreless appearances, Smith netted 3 goals in 3 encounters in April 2022 after netting against AFC Sudbury, Brentwood Town and Maldon & Tiptree. He would remain with Hullbridge until the midway point of the succeeding 2022–23, having taken his tallies to 26 games and 8 goals; having scored versus Tilbury, Grays Athletic, ex-team Coggeshall Town and Potters Bar Town.

Smith announced his departure from *The Bridge* on 27 January 2023, having made his final appearance for them in a 4–0 defeat away to HTU on 21 January.

Maldon & Tiptree
27 January 2023 saw Maldon & Tiptree of Isthmian League - North Division publicise the arrival of Smith. After featuring in encounters with East Thurrock United and Wroxham, the forward scored for the 1st time in a 2–1 defeat away to New Salamis. 2 appearances after, Smith netted in a 2–1 loss at the Len Salmon Stadium versus HTU. He concluded the season with 13 matches to his name as they placed 15th.

## Personal Life

Smith attended Great Baddow High School and Chelmsford College.

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (88)
* List of appearances of George Smith

Goals (46)
* List of goals of George Smith

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "George Owen Smith player stats" .
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "George Smith" .
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Heybridge Swifts - Appearances - George Smith - 2016-2017" .
4. ↑ "Young reserve team forward @georgesmith10\_ made his 1st team competitive debut in last nights final. Congratulations" , 12 April 2017.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "LOAN - @EliasSiligato @Nick\_Brown13 & @georgesmith10\_ have all signed for @FCStansted on dual registration & will feature for them Saturday" , 1 September 2017.
6. ↑ "George Smith player stats" .
7. ↑ "SeedGrowers Squad News" , 29 July 2018.
8. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Welcoming our new signing George Smith!" (archived) , 24 May 2019.
9. ↑ "Everyone at West Street would like to say a big thank you to @FarmhouseFuels for sponsoring @georgesmith10\_ for the 2018/19 season" , 10 August 2018.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "FT - Wivenhoe Town 1 - 1 @WormleyRoversFC - @thurlownunnECL - George Smith with a goal on debut - thurlownunnECL" , 4 August 2018.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 "George Owen Smith player stats" .
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "NEW SIGNING! We’d like to welcome @georgesmith10\_ to the Hashtag United Family! He joins us after having a monster season with 31 goals and 16 assists 😳" , 24 May 2019.
13. ↑ "It’s been a pleasure and sad to be going. The club is special and I wish it nothing but success and go on to smash it in the future. Thanks to every involved in the club from top to bottom and of course including all the fans. Love you all" , 19 November 2021.
14. ↑ "The Eagle eyed looking at the @HullbridgeFC team sheet today would have noticed 4 mew additions to the squad" , 27 November 2021.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Hullbridge Sports - Appearances - George Smith - 2021-2022" .
16. ↑ "Just wanted to say thanks to everyone at @HullbridgeFC for my time there over the last year or so. Great club that I can’t thank the people for. Wish you all the best💙 Smudge✌🏼" , 27 January 2023.
17. ↑ "𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 🆕 - Maldon and Tiptree are delighted to announce the signing of George Smith" , 27 January 2023.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Maldon & Tiptree - Appearances - George Smith" .
19. ↑ "George Smith" .
20. ↑ "No more chelmsford college lovelyyyyyy😅" , 28 June 2017.