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On loan at Liversedge
On 20th May 2022 George Smith joined The Lions following his release from Darlington.
Smith was born in Barnsley and started his career with his home town club. After making his debut for them in December 2014 he went on to make 41 appearances for The Tykes. He was a member of the Barnsley squad that won promotion to the Championship in 2016 and also lifted the Football League Trophy at Wembley.
During his time at Barnsley he had loan spells at Bradford Park Avenue and Crawley Town. He joined Gateshead in July 2016 and was a regular in their side until he returned to the Football League with League One side Northampton in July 2017. He then moved on to Chesterfield in League Two in January 2018.
Loan spells with Dover and Boston followed before he joined Harrogate Town in July 2019. Making 20 appearances for Simon Weaver’s side he was part of the Harrogate squad that won promotion to the Football League in 2019-20.
Smith moved back to Gateshead in the 2020-21 season making 12 appearances before joining Darlington in September 2020. He said that he learned a lot from playing alongside Ellis at Darlington last season and was looking forward to joining him as he takes up the managerial role at Guiseley.
Following his move to Nethermoor the defender said: “I played at Guiseley last season for Darlington and noticed how brilliant the fans were, how they got behind the team. It was sad they got relegated but I think being in the Pitching In Northern League will be a good building block for Danny to start his managerial career on. This will be the first time I have played at this level but I have friends who play for other clubs in the league.”
Smith, who joined Barnsley at the age of 12, signed his first professional contract with the club when Danny Wilson was manager. Now a semi-pro player he lives near Sheffield and works at an engineering company in Holmfirth. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf and used to play cricket.
On 23rd March 2023 it was confirmed the defender had joined Liversedge on loan until the end of the season.
On 19th May 2023 it was announced that George had left the club at the end of the 2022/23 campaign.