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Sam Smart Profile and Player Statistics

Sam Smart

First name:	Sam
Last name:	Smart
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Sam Smart has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Non League Premier: Northern	2024/2025	Matlock Town	1	0	0	1	0	0
Vanarama National League South	2024/2025	Farnborough	8	5	3	0	1	0
Vanarama National League North	2023/2024	Boston United	32	13	19	1	0	0
National League	2022/2023	Dagenham & Redbridge	11	5	4	0	1	0
Vanarama National League North	2022/2023	Brackley Town	16	9	7	4	0	0
FA Cup	2021/2022	Eastleigh	3	1	0	0	0	0
Fa Trophy	2021/2022	Eastleigh	1	1	0	0	0	0
National League	2021/2022	Eastleigh	34	15	7	2	3	0
FA Cup	2020/2021	Eastleigh	2	0	1	0	0	0
National League	2020/2021	Eastleigh	42	14	17	2	4	0
FA Cup	2019/2020	Eastleigh	6	1	2	1	0	0
Fa Trophy	2019/2020	Eastleigh	1	0	0	1	0	0
National League	2019/2020	Eastleigh	23	11	7	1	1	1

Sam Smart has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
19/10/2024	Matlock Town	3 - 2	Basford United	1-0	H2H	+
Montel Gibson 7'		1 - 0
Sam Smart 47'		2 - 0
Montel Gibson 59'		3 - 0
		3 - 1	71' Kane Richards
		3 - 2	82' Tyrell Waite
21/09/2024	Hemel Hempstead Town	3 - 3	Farnborough	3-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' Millar Matthews-Lewis
Teddy Howe 17'		1 - 1
Bayley Brown 25'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	26' Richard Chin
Bayley Brown 32'
Kai Woollard Innocent 35'
Sydney Ibie 35'
			45+2' Jonathan Page
Jordan Esprit 45+4'		3 - 2
			46' Reggie Young
			46' Emmanuel Oyeleke
			46' Jonathan Page
			46' Sam Smart
Bayley Brown 49'
Kyran Wiltshire 49'
		3 - 3	49' Richard Chin
			75' Ricky Holmes
			75' Mason Enigbokan-Bloomfield
Jack Davies 79'
Connor Kurran-Browne 79'
Ricky German 83'
Alfie Cerulli 83'
			83' Millar Matthews-Lewis
			83' Hisham Kasimu
			90' Emmanuel Oyeleke
			90' Daniel Bradshaw
Sydney Ibie 90+3'
Nathan Jeche 90+3'
31/08/2024	Farnborough	1 - 0	St Albans City	0-0	H2H	+
Oliver Robinson 6'
Sam Smart 6'
			42' Ken Charles
			42' Zane Banton
Mason Enigbokan-Bloomfield 46'
Millar Matthews-Lewis 46'
Ricky Holmes 46'
Emmanuel Oyeleke 46'
Millar Matthews-Lewis 71'		1 - 0
			77' Jack James
			77' Georgio Rasulo
			77' Samuel Meakes
Reggie Young 78'
Jonathan Page 78'
Sam Smart 90+1'
24/08/2024	Welling United	4 - 1	Farnborough	3-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	4' Mason Enigbokan-Bloomfield
Anointed Chukwu 6'		1 - 1
Zain Walker 11'		2 - 1
Zain Walker 13'
TJ Bramble 13'
Gene Kennedy 22'		3 - 1
			33' Oli Pendlebury
Ben Wells 38'
Dave Winfield 50'
			60' Richard Chin
			60' Millar Matthews-Lewis
			60' Daniel Bradshaw
			60' Emmanuel Oyeleke
			60' Oli Pendlebury
			60' Sam Smart
Gene Kennedy 66'
Josh Casey 70'		4 - 1
			70' Ricky Holmes
			70' David Bremang
Gene Kennedy 72'
Sam Cornish 72'
Martell Taylor-Crossdale 72'
Reece Grant 72'
Chiori Johnson 75'
Kwaku Donkor 75'
			76' Mason Enigbokan-Bloomfield
			76' Jonathon Page
Daniel Martin 78'
Oscar Borg 78'
			87' Josh Casey
Anthony Grant 87'
20/08/2024	Farnborough	2 - 0	Eastbourne Borough	1-0	H2H	+
Richard Chin 26'		1 - 0
			31' Alfie Pavey
			39' Jayden Davis
			39' Finn Ballard-McBride
Taylor Clark 46'		2 - 0
			46' David Sesay
			46' Stefan Vukoje
			49' Brayden Johnson
Reggie Young 61'
Sam Smart 61'
			67' Alfie Pavey
			67' Siyabonga Ligendza
Ricky Holmes 67'
Emmanuel Oyeleke 67'
Richard Chin 74'
Millar Matthews-Lewis 74'
Mason Enigbokan-Bloomfield 79'
David Bremang 79'
			79' Yahya Bamba
			79' Carson Davison
			90' Moussa Diarra
Oliver Robinson 90'
17/08/2024	Farnborough	1 - 0	Torquay United	1-0	H2H	+
Ricky Holmes 38'		1 - 0
			38' Finn Tonks
			46' Oscar Threlkeld
			46' Roddy Collins Jr.
Courtney Fearn 46'
Guy Hollis 46'
Courtney Fearn 46'
			46' Omar Mussa
			46' Lirak Hasani
			58' Matthew Carson
			58' Ben Seymour
			66' Dan Hayfield
			77' Bradley Ash
			77' Jadyn Crosbie
Ricky Holmes 77'
Emmanuel Oyeleke 77'
Reggie Young 80'
Sam Smart 80'
Mason Enigbokan-Bloomfield 85'
David Bremang 85'
			90+1' Jordan Dyer
			90+3' Jordan Dyer
			90+3' Ed Palmer
27/04/2024	Scunthorpe United	0 - 0	Boston United	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	1'
2'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	3'
4'		2 - 2
		2 - 3	5'
6'
		2 - 4	7'
8'		3 - 4
			9'
10'		4 - 4
		4 - 5	11'
12'
			69' D. Hill
			69' D. Sotona
			78' K. Mooney
			78' J. Hazel
A. Beestin 78'
L. McAlinden 78'
			88' J. Knowles
			88' M. Gyasi
J. Butterfield 94'
D. Elliott 94'
C. Roberts 95'
D. Sembie-Ferris 95'
			105' M. Woods
			105' S. Smart
23/04/2024	Alfreton Town	0 - 0	Boston United	0-0	H2H	+
M. Bostwick 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	1' G. McDonagh
J. Clackstone 2'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	2' Zak Mills
J. Hazel 3'		3 - 2
		3 - 3	3' L. Salmon
D. Sotona 4'		4 - 3
		4 - 4	4' L. Waldock
M. Gyasi 5'		5 - 4
			5' H. Perritt
			72' M. Woods
			72' S. Smart
			72' K. Ward
			72' D. Sotona
J. Day 79'
G. McDonagh 79'
			83' K. Mooney
			83' J. Hazel
J. Thewlis 90+7'
L. Salmon 90+7'
			97' J. Knowles
			97' M. Gyasi
B. Fewster 112'
H. Perritt 112'
13/04/2024	Boston United	0 - 0	Scarborough Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
K. Martin 46'
D. Hill 46'
J. Hazel 58'
S. Smart 58'
			68' D. Tear
			68' H. Green
			68' F. Mulhern
			68' K. Hall
Z. Mills 70'
D. Sotona 70'
			72' C. Wilson
			72' L. Maloney
01/04/2024	Rushall Olympic	1 - 0	Boston United	1-0	H2H	+
O. Oseni 8'		1 - 0
O. Oseni 57'
J. Butlin 57'
O. Farmer 57'
A. Moore 57'
			62' T. Leak
			62' Z. Mills
			68' L. Mahovo
			68' M. Gyasi
			68' K. Ward
			68' S. Smart
R. Maher 85'
T. Edge 85'
24/02/2024	Blyth Spartans	2 - 2	Boston United	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' Keaton Ward
		0 - 2	45+3' Kelsey Mooney
Rhys Evans 46'
Jonathan Hooper 46'
Zanda Siziba 55'
Harry Gardner 55'
			69' Jimmy Knowles
			69' Adam Marriott
			69' Zachary Mills
			69' Brad Nicholson
Jordan Cook 72'		1 - 2
			82' Ethan Sephton
			82' Sam Smart
Finn Cousin-Dawson 83'		2 - 2
17/02/2024	Boston United	3 - 0	Bishop's Stortford	2-0	H2H	+
Jimmy Knowles 15'		1 - 0
Martin Woods 24'
Zachary Mills 24'
Tom Leak 27'		2 - 0
			46' Emmanuel Oke
			46' Lordon Akolbire
			69' Giovanni McGregor
			69' Ryan Charles
Michael Gyasi 74'
Sam Smart 74'
			75' Darren Foxley
			75' Jack Thomas
Ayodeji Sotona 79'
Adam Marriott 79'
Jordan Richards 82'		3 - 0
02/12/2023	Brackley Town	2 - 1	Boston United	2-1	H2H	+
Zak Lilley 11'		1 - 0
Morgan Roberts 15'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	45+2' Brad Nicholson
			60' Zachary Mills
			60' Sam Smart
Dominic McHale 69'
James Armson 69'
Cosmos Matwasa 72'
Tyler Lyttle 72'
Morgan Roberts 90+1'
George Carline 90+1'
11/11/2023	Buxton	1 - 2	Farsley Celtic	1-2	H2H	+
			25' Tom Allan
			25' Dylan Youmbi
Diego De Girolamo 32'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	44' Darren Stephenson
		1 - 2	45+3' Ryan Watson
Diego De Girolamo 53'
Xander McBurnie 57'
Jordan Burrow 57'
			74' Darren Stephenson
			74' Isaac Robinson
Curtis Weston 79'
Scott Boden 79'
Zaine Francis-Angol 79'
Sam Smart 79'
			90+4' Dylan Youmbi
			90+4' Joao Silva
07/11/2023	South Shields	1 - 0	Buxton	0-0	H2H	+
			51' Eoin McKeown
			51' Jordan Burrow
Paul Blackett 61'		1 - 0
Mackenzie Heaney 68'
Aaron Martin 68'
			76' Curtis Weston
			76' Diego De Girolamo
Lirak Hasani 77'
John Lufudu 77'
Martin Smith 81'
Rob Briggs 81'
			83' Josh Granite
			83' Sam Smart
04/11/2023	Bishop's Stortford	3 - 1	Buxton	1-0	H2H	+
Tosin Olufemi 30+30'		1 - 0
			46' Xander McBurnie
			46' Jordan Burrow
Jack Thomas 49'		2 - 0
Zain Walker 53'		3 - 0
			55' Curtis Weston
			55' Jak McCourt
Ryan Charles 64'
Aaron Greene 64'
		3 - 1	67+67' McKeown E.
Zain Walker 75'
Oliver Peters 75'
			77' Samuel Osborne
			77' Sam Smart
Giovanni McGregor 87'
Joshua Oluwole Olaoluwa 87'
07/10/2023	King's Lynn Town	1 - 3	Buxton	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	55' Eoin McKeown
Cameron Hargreaves 68'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	76' Diego De Girolamo
Ben Stephens 77'
Jack Smith 77'
			79' Jake Hull
			79' Connor Brown
Adam Crowther 80'
Bartosz Cybulski 80'
			85' Diego De Girolamo
			85' Sam Smart
			89' Jordan Burrow
			89' Scott Boden
Emmanuel Oke 89'
Sion Spence 89'
		1 - 3	90+1' Scott Boden
28/08/2023	Banbury United	0 - 3	Buxton	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' Jak McCourt
		0 - 2	31' Jak McCourt
		0 - 3	42' Jordan Burrow
Aidan Elliott-Wheeler 46'
Ken Charles 46'
Tom Scott 46'
Craig Hewitt 46'
			51' Zaine Francis-Angol
			51' Sam Smart
			58' Curtis Weston
			58' Xander McBurnie
Temitope Obadeyi 59'
Lawson D'Ath 59'
			72' Jak McCourt
			72' Diego De Girolamo
19/08/2023	Buxton	1 - 1	Curzon Ashton	1-0	H2H	+
Sam Smart 17'		1 - 0
			66' Jamie Allen
			66' James Spencer
Sam Smart 76'
Jordan Burrow 76'
Xander McBurnie 76'
Jake Wright 76'
		1 - 1	80' Devon Matthews
Eoin McKeown 84'
Sam Minihan 84'
15/08/2023	Warrington Town	1 - 0	Buxton	1-0	H2H	+
Matt Grivosti 1'		1 - 0
			46' Jordan Burrow
			46' Diego De Girolamo
			46' Max Hunt
			46' Eoin McKeown
			72' Xander McBurnie
			72' Sam Smart
Connor Woods 90+1'
Declan Walker 90+1'
10/04/2023	Hereford	2 - 2	Brackley Town	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' C. Stead
R. Lloyd 24'		1 - 1
			40' C. Matwasa
			40' Sam Smart
R. Lloyd 40'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	56' Sam Smart
L. Haines 70'
J. Hanson 70'
H. Pinchard 78'
D. Jarvis 78'
			80' G. Walker
			80' R. Calder
			86' Adam Rooney
			86' Adi Yussuf
07/04/2023	Brackley Town	1 - 2	AFC Telford United	1-0	H2H	+
J. Armson 19'
Sam Smart 19'
M. Woods 38'		1 - 0
			41' K. Williams
		1 - 1	59' B. Moore
Theo Robinson 68'
A. Rooney 68'
		1 - 2	68' M. Gibson
			82' K. Williams
			82' L. Salmon
M. Woods 86'
Adi Yussuf 86'
04/03/2023	Brackley Town	1 - 0	Southport	0-0	H2H	+
G. Walker 35'
Sam Smart 35'
S. Murombedzi 63'
J. Armson 63'
Sam Smart 68'		1 - 0
			69' C. Woods
			69' Josh Miles
A. Rooney 71'
Theo Robinson 71'
25/02/2023	Kettering Town	1 - 0	Brackley Town	0-0	H2H	+
			66' Adi Yussuf
			66' A. Rooney
E. Hill 75'
D. Sheriff 75'
			76' A. Bates
			76' L. Amantchi
			76' C. Stead
			76' Sam Smart
F. Maguire 81'		1 - 0
21/02/2023	Boston United	1 - 0	Brackley Town	1-0	H2H	+
J. Cummings 15'
Zak Goodson 15'
Thomas Nixon 30'		1 - 0
J. Burrow 59'
J. Wright 59'
			70' M. Woods
			70' A. Bates
			70' L. Amantchi
			70' Sam Smart
B. Chadwick 80'
L. Munakandafa 80'
			82' A. Rooney
			82' Adi Yussuf
18/02/2023	Brackley Town	4 - 1	Bradford Park Avenue	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	5' W. Longbottom
L. Amantchi 24'		1 - 1
C. Stead 31'		2 - 1
			46' M. Lund
			46' G. Havern
			63' B. Dockerty
			63' J. Hinds
L. Amantchi 66'
Sam Smart 66'
A. Rooney 66'
Adi Yussuf 66'
Sam Smart 76'		3 - 1
			79' J. Blyth
			79' S. Richman
M. Woods 84'		4 - 1
M. Woods 87'
A. Bates 87'
14/02/2023	Kidderminster Harriers	1 - 2	Brackley Town	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' Sam Smart
			46' G. Walker
			46' J. Cullinane-Liburd
A. Morgan-Smith 58'		1 - 1
			65' J. Armson
			65' L. Amantchi
			65' Sam Smart
			65' C. Stead
E. Freemantle 77'
J. Bearne 77'
		1 - 2	84' C. Stead
11/02/2023	Brackley Town	1 - 1	Chorley	1-0	H2H	+
L. Amantchi 34'		1 - 0
			46' S. Leather
			46' S. Wilson
		1 - 1	51' C. Hall
Adi Yussuf 64'
A. Rooney 64'
			77' J. Ustabaşı
			77' J. Johnson
C. Stead 78'
Sam Smart 78'
J. Richards 78'
M. Woods 78'
			81' C. Hall
			81' Louis Britton
31/01/2023	Scarborough Athletic	0 - 0	Brackley Town	0-0	H2H	+
			63' R. Calder
			63' J. Cullinane-Liburd
			70' A. Rooney
			70' Adi Yussuf
M. Coulson 74'
D. Greenfield 74'
			76' C. Stead
			76' Sam Smart
28/01/2023	Brackley Town	4 - 0	Gloucester City	3-0	H2H	+
J. Armson 5'		1 - 0
A. Bates 14'
Sam Smart 14'
			25' D. Leadbitter
			25' K. Digie
A. Rooney 28'		2 - 0
C. Matwasa 31'		3 - 0
A. Rooney 59'
L. Amantchi 59'
			60' J. Andrews
			60' M. Barnes-Homer
			60' Believe Demira
			60' K. Phillips
J. Armson 81'
J. Cullinane-Liburd 81'
L. Amantchi 87'		4 - 0
07/01/2023	Torquay United	1 - 0	Halifax Town	0-0	H2H	+
Dean Moxey 11'
Tom Lapslie 30'
			34' Harvey Gilmour
			56' Tylor Golden
Ben Wyatt 57'
Ben Wyatt 69'
D. De Silva 69'
Asa Hall 72'		1 - 0
			77' Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
			77' Rob Harker
			77' Tylor Golden
			77' Jordan Slew
Ricky Aguiar 79'
Ryan Hanson 79'
K. Evans 90+1'
Ross Marshall 90+1'
12/11/2022	Solihull Moors	0 - 3	Dagenham & Redbridge	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	2' Matt Robinson
Fiacre Kelleher 40'
			57' Junior Morias
			71' Joel Taylor
			71' Omar Mussa
		0 - 2	71' Josh Walker
Alex Reid 75'
Justin Donawa 75'
			75' Dean Rance
			76' Omar Mussa
		0 - 3	82' Matt Robinson
			87' Junior Morias
			87' Sam Smart
Ryan Barnett 90'
			90+4' Josh Walker
			90+4' Tyreke Johnson
29/10/2022	Dagenham & Redbridge	4 - 1	Wealdstone	2-0	H2H	+
Harry Phipps 6'		1 - 0
			20' Charlie Barker
Junior Morias 21'		2 - 0
Matt Robinson 22'
			32' Jack Cook
Sam Smart 55'
M. Weston 55'
			59' Dominic Hutchinson
			59' Sam Matthews
Josh Walker 66'		3 - 0
Tyreke Johnson 67'
Omar Mussa 67'
			69' Simeon Akinola
			69' A. Dyer
Elliot Justham 70'
Junior Morias 75'
			81' Jaydn Mundle-Smith
			81' Lewis Kinsella
Josh Walker 85'
A. Blair 85'
Junior Morias 90'		4 - 0
		4 - 1	90+4' Sam Habergham
25/10/2022	Dagenham & Redbridge	1 - 1	Boreham Wood	0-0	H2H	+
Sam Smart 43'
		0 - 1	53' Zak Brunt
			56' George Broadbent
Sam Smart 64'
Omar Mussa 64'
Tyreke Johnson 64'
M. Weston 64'
			66' Will Evans
Harry Phipps 67'
M. Weston 74'		1 - 1
			76' Tyrone Marsh
			76' Lee Ndlovu
			76' Zak Brunt
			76' Mark Ricketts
			85' Danny Newton
			85' D. Elliott
Dean Rance 90'
08/10/2022	Maidstone United	1 - 1	Halifax Town	0-0	H2H	+
			7' Jack Hunter
Dylan Barkers 45+2'
Dylan Barkers 53'
D. Odusanya 53'
D. Odusanya 61'
			64' Rob Harker
			64' Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
J. Alabi 64'
C. Pattison 64'
		0 - 1	66' Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
			71' Jordan Slew
			71' Millenic Alli
			72' Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
J. Barham 75'
J. Fawole 75'
R. Deacon 79'
			83' Millenic Alli
			89' Jamie Cooke
			89' Sam Smart
R. Deacon 90'		1 - 1
01/10/2022	Halifax Town	0 - 4	Woking	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' James Daly
		0 - 2	17' Kian Spence
			30' Jim Kellermann
			30' Jermaine Anderson
Osayamen Osawe 31'
Millenic Alli 31'
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe 35'
Festus Arthur 55'
Festus Arthur 56'
Luke Summerfield 56'
			60' Scott Cuthbert
			60' Joe McNerney
		0 - 3	74' Reece Grego-Cox
		0 - 4	78' Reece Grego-Cox
			78' Reece Grego-Cox
			78' Jake Vokins
24/09/2022	Eastleigh	1 - 0	Halifax Town	1-0	H2H	+
			23' Halifax
Charlie Carter 23'		1 - 0
Aaron Martin 35'
			38' Harvey Gilmour
Tristan Abrahams 40'
Ousseynou Cissé 42'
			43' Matt Warburton
Ryan Hill 51'
			58' Harvey Gilmour
			58' Jordan Slew
Danny Whitehall 69'
Callum Ebanks 69'
Vincent Harper 78'
Ryan Hill 81'
Oscar Rutherford 81'
			83' Festus Arthur
			83' Sam Smart
Callum Ebanks 84'
			87' A. Cappello
			87' Rob Harker
20/08/2022	Wealdstone	1 - 0	Halifax Town	1-0	H2H	+
Max Kretzschmar 16'
Rhys Browne 40'		1 - 0
Nathan Ferguson 45'
			51' Sam Smart
			51' Kian Spence
			57' Jesse Debrah
			57' Jack Hunter
			61' Jordan Keane
Tarryn Allarakhia 64'
Malachi Napa 64'
			65' Jordan Slew
			65' Rob Harker
			66' Jack Senior
			69' Jack Hunter
Dominic Hutchinson 80'
David Sesay 80'
16/08/2022	Halifax Town	0 - 0	Southend United	0-0	H2H	+
			22' Callum Powell
Jack Senior 32'
			45+1' J. Crowhurst
Millenic Alli 46'
Sam Smart 46'
			54' Wesley Fonguck
			54' Oliver Coker
			68' Cav Miley
			72' Dan Mooney
			72' Jack Bridge
Jordan Keane 77'
Rob Harker 77'
Sam Minihan 84'
Jamie Cooke 84'
Harvey Gilmour 87'
			90+2' Callum Powell
			90+2' J. Wood
13/08/2022	Halifax Town	0 - 1	Torquay United	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	45+2' Brett McGavin
			57' Asa Hall
			57' Thomas Hughes
			58' Ben Wyatt
			58' Nelson Iseguan
			60' Shaun Donnellan
Jordan Slew 63'
Rob Harker 63'
			71' Nelson Iseguan
			71' K. Evans
			78' K. Evans
Harvey Gilmour 82'
Sam Smart 82'
			86' Thomas Hughes
			88' Ross Marshall
Jordan Keane 90+2'
Jack Hunter 90+2'
			90+7' Ryan Hanson

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