Paul Smith (footballer, born 1967)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Paul Smith

| full_name = Paul Stepney Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|5|df=y}}{{Hugman|18391|accessdate=2 April 2020}}

| birth_place = Wembley, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/46 |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |date=1987 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |editor-last=Dunk |editor-first=Peter |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/46 46]}}

| position = Right winger

| youthyears1 = 1982–1985

| youthclubs1 = Arsenal

| years1 = 1985–1987

| clubs1 = Arsenal

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1987–1988

| clubs2 = Brentford

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1988–1989

| clubs3 = Bristol Rovers

| caps3 = 16

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1989–1992

| clubs4 = Torquay United

| caps4 = 75

| goals4 = 12

}}

Paul Stepney Smith (born 5 October 1967) is an English retired professional footballer who made over 100 appearances in the Football League for Torquay United, Brentford and Bristol Rovers as a right winger.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=149}}{{Cite book |last=Croxford |first=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-1906796716 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |page=364}} His career was ended prematurely by injury.{{Cite web |title=S, T and U |url=http://bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/s-t-and-u.html |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=The Bristol Rovers History Group |language=en}}