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Nigel Smith

Hi All,

A colleague of mine in the office met someone yesterday who was reminiscing about his Brentford playing days. His name was Nigel Smith and after a spot of research I've found that he played for the Bees between 1974 and 1979.

Does anyone remember him ? Any information / piccies etc. would be greatly appreciated as I'm meeting him myself next week and would like to know a bit about his time here.

Thanks in advance. :wave:
 

Nigel Smith

SMITH, Nigel Paul
1975-78
Born; Banstead, 3 January 1958.
CAREER: Banstead Athletic/ BRENTFORD March 1975/ Cambridge United Nov 1978.
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Nigel Smith

My wife gets together with a crowd of ex-Sutton Utd (and others) players and wags once a year. Nigel is one of the crowd.
He was a decent player at Bees and a policeman too!
 

Nigel Smith

Owlsmoor_Bee said:
Hi All,

A colleague of mine in the office met someone yesterday who was reminiscing about his Brentford playing days. His name was Nigel Smith and after a spot of research I've found that he played for the Bees between 1974 and 1979.

Does anyone remember him ? Any information / piccies etc. would be greatly appreciated as I'm meeting him myself next week and would like to know a bit about his time here.

Thanks in advance. :wave:
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Started in the first team as a real youngster, and was a big, strong, defender who never really fufilled his potential IMHO. He was highly rated initially and lots of big clubs were reported to be following but struggled to regain form after serious injury if I recall and eventually left to become a copper.

Good looking lad with black hair, might be worth trying the albums that someone posted about the other day
 

Nigel Smith

Always wondered why he drifted out of the game so young after so promising a start.

Good young defender.
 

Nigel Smith

On a par with Keith Millen as the most promising defender to come through the ranks of the juniors in the last 30-odd years.

Think he was unlucky to be hit by injury as the team was improving
 

Nigel Smith

Made 96 appearences for The Bees.

It shows how much time flies.

Nigel was 50 this year.
 

Nigel Smith

He played in a struggling Bees side as a young central defender and looked to have a great future. By the time he was free of injury we were into the Dodgin era and it was the Kruse/Shrubb partnership at the back. A lost talent in my opinion.
 

Nigel Smith

He was at the GP Centenary celebrations a few years ago.
 

Nigel Smith

Started great was a lad with a lot of promise but just never really made the grade!
 

Nigel Smith

A good talent , but would have been even better if he played with his hands tired behind his back . Had a bad habit of placing his hands on the opposing players back when he jumped and giving away needless freekicks .
 
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