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W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Winger

1956-59 🕒 130 | ⚽ 25 | 🔥 - | #451 |

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W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Leslie Joseph Smith
24 December 1927
Halesowen, Dudley
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1955-56
February 1956
28
£25,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Eric Houghton
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1956-59 | £25,000 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 130 | ⚽ 25 | 🔥 - | #451 |

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Played Under

Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
4
130
130
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
25
5
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
30
5.20
Seasons

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1955-56
27
D1
14
14
0
4
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1956-57
28
D1
48
48
0
13
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1957-58
29
D1
33
33
0
2
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1958-59
30
D1
35
35
0
6
5
0
5.80
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1955-56
27
D1
14
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1956-57
28
D1
48
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1957-58
29
D1
33
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
1958-59
30
D1
35
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Honours

1956-57 FA Cup Winners |

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1947-56 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Football League First Division
🕒 88 | ⚽ 22 | (League)

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1955-56
11 February 1956
Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
11 February 1956
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1955-56
11 February 1956
28
Eric Houghton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Loans Out

None

Final

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1958-59
20 April 1959
31
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1958-59
20 April 1959
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1959-60
January 1960
32
Released
Retired
Joe Mercer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Subsequent Clubs

1960 Retired aged 32

Quotes

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Quotes

Biography

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Biography

Player #451 for Aston Villa, Leslie Joseph Smith, known as Les Smith, played as a winger for the club in the outside right position.

Les played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1958-59 making 130 appearances and scoring 25 goals.

Les was born in Halesowen, just 10 miles from Villa Park, on 24 December 1927 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 11 February 1956 aged 28.

Villa had signed Les from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £25,000 earlier in February 1956.

During his time with Villa Les won the 1957 FA Cup and was an ever present in the victorious 1956-57 FA Cup campaign including the 2-1 triumph over Manchester United in the final held at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 99,225 when Peter McParland scored twice to win Villa the Cup for a record seventh time.

Les also helped Villa reach the FA Cup Semi Final in 1958-59 but had the misfortune to experience relegation to the Second Division with Villa that same season despite scoring 6 goals in his 33 appearances.

Although Les joined Villa at a relatively late age, his career was cut short after an achilles injury forced him into retirement in 1960.

Les played his last game for the club on Monday, 20 April 1959 aged 31.

Les had played his Villa career under managers Eric Houghton and Joe Mercer.

Les passed away in Stourbridge on 8 March 2008 aged 80.

Died

8 March 2008, Aged 80

Appearances

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Appearances

130

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Starts

130

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #2431
🟨 23 March 1957, Villa 2-2 Albion, Molineux.
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #2444
🟩 4 May 1957, Villa 2-1 United, Wembley Stadium.
GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Stan Crowther | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 | W Les J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Starts
Subs

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Goals Scored

25

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Assists Made

5

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #451 |

Matches

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