The unofficial archives of Tiverton Town Football Club
Kevin Smith | |
20/04/1965 | |
Kevin Smith was a mercurial striker who had played in the Football League for Cambridge United, Torquay United and Exeter City before joining Tiverton in 1990. A brilliant finisher with both feet and an expert free-kick taker, Smith soon found favour amongst the Tivvy fans and finished top of the goalscoring charts in each of his first four seasons at the club, including a remarkable campaign in the 1992/93 season which saw him hit the net 57 times – a club record. In September 1995 Smith broke Frank Butler’s all-time goalscoring record of 56-years standing when he scored four times against Barnstaple Town, and went on to finish his Ladysmead career in 1998 with a total of 302 goals, grabbing two on his final appearance in Yellow as Tiverton beat arch-rivals Taunton Town in the League Cup final in a match at Yeovil's Huish Park spectacularly interrupted on several occasions by an amazing electrical storm. It was typical that Smith would go out in such style, and just three days earlier he had captained the side to their first FA Vase victory, against Town Law Town of the Northern League Undoubtedly the most skilful player to have played for the club, Smith’s status as a Ladysmead legend will always remain intact. |
PLAYER STATISTICS | |||||||
Season | Appearances | Goals | |||||
Start | Sub | Total | League | Cup | Friendly | Comp Total | |
1990/91 | - | - | - | 21 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
1991/92 | - | - | - | 26 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
1992/93 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 2 | 57 |
1993/94 | - | - | - | 34 | 21 | 1 | 55 |
1994/95 | - | - | - | 26 | 17 | 0 | 43 |
1995/96 | - | - | - | 24 | 15 | 0 | 39 |
1996/97 | - | - | - | 16 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
1997/98 | 28 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
2003/04 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 6 | 35 | 201 | 101 | 6 | 302 |