Nicholas Leslie "Nicky" Smith (born 28 January 1969) is a former professional

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. After his professional career ended, he played for several non-League teams whilst serving as a

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and has captained, coached and managed the England police team, as well as managing

AFC Sudbury Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury is a association football, football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The club was formed in 1999 by the merger of Sudbury Town F.C., Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers F.C., Sudbury Wanderers, the proc ...

Career

Born in

Berkeley, Gloucestershire Berkeley ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Stroud (district), Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway. The t ...

, Smith started his career at

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth level of English football. The team are known as "The Shrimpers", a reference ...

in the mid-1980s, before moving to

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ...

in 1990. He signed for

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the c ...

in 1994, but made only six appearances before dropping into non-League with Sudbury Town in 1995, where he played alongside several other ex-Colchester players in a team that reached the first round of the

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for the first time in the club's history. After leaving Sudbury, he played for several non-League clubs in

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, including Cambridge City,

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team of the ...

Maldon Town Maldon & Tiptree Football Club is a football club based in Maldon, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Park Drive. History Maldon Town Football Club was established in August 1946 as part of the Maldon Social and Ath ...

and

Witham Town Witham Town Football Club is a semi professional English football club based in Witham, Essex. The club are currently members of the and play at the Simarco Stadium. History Clubs named Witham Town have been in existence since the mid 19th ce ...

, before returning to Sudbury in 2006. In 2007, he became player-assistant manager, and on 17 May 2008 he was appointed manager of AFC Sudbury following the departure of Mark Morsley. He resigned from the position in September 2011. In 2012, he was appointed to the management team of Saffron Walden Town, but resigned later the same year.

Honours

Club

Football Conference The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional Association football, football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South ...

winner 1991–92 **

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

winner 1991–92

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Nicky Smith
at Colchester United Archive Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Nicky 1969 births Living people People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire Footballers from Gloucestershire English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Southend United F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Sudbury Town F.C. players Cambridge City F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Maldon & Tiptree F.C. players Witham Town F.C. players A.F.C. Sudbury players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers A.F.C. Sudbury managers Saffron Walden Town F.C. managers British police officers