![]() ![]() Smith was top scorer again when Arsenal claimed the title in 1990-91 and won his second Golden Boot. He only scored 13 goals in all competitions. 1989-90 was a disappointing season both for the club and for Alan Smith goals wise. The following season Smith won his first Golden Boot with 23 goals from 36 League games, the most important being the first goal in Arsenal's 2-0 victory at Anfield on which saw them lift that season's league championship. The first season ended with a Littlewoods Cup final appearance at Wembley where he scored in a 3-2 defeat by Luton. The purchase of winger Brian Marwood in March 1988 proved to be a significant turning point for Smith and Arsenal, Marwood being the most frequent supplier of his goals. But Smith would prove his worth in the long term, and topped their scoring charts in four of his first five seasons. Smith was one of George Graham's first major signings, and despite a hat-trick on 29 August 1987 against Portsmouth at Highbury, Smith endured a difficult start to his Arsenal career, at one point going a full two months without scoring. In Smith's final season with the club they were relegated and he signed for Arsenal for £850,000 in March 1987, but was then loaned back to Leicester for the rest of the season. ![]() He spent five seasons at Leicester, scoring 84 goals in 217 appearances. In his first season, he scored 13 goals in partnership with Gary Lineker, as the Foxes won promotion to the First Division. He then signed professional forms with Leicester City in June 1982. Smith started his career at non-league Alvechurch in north-east Worcestershire, where he could combine football, with studying for a degree in Modern languages, his subjects being French, German and Spanish, at Coventry Polytechnic. ![]() He is a co-commentator, and sometimes studio pundit for Sky Sports. *Club domestic league appearances and goalsĪlan Martin Smith (born 21 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. ![]()
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