Samuel Smith

Left Forward - Crewe Alexandra
11 May 2029
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The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market19 Feb 2029

Jack Lankester asks to leave Crewe Alexandra

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Tom Booth keeps Crewe Alexandra in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The dugout19 Feb 2029

Jack Lankester frozen out at Crewe Alexandra

This is not rotation. Jack Lankester has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Crewe Alexandra is pretending otherwise.

Market19 Feb 2029

Wyll Stanway has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Crewe Alexandra they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Boardroom19 Feb 2029

Wyll Stanway has agreed to leave Crewe Alexandra for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Crewe Alexandra

Matthew Litherland was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Samuel Smith gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Samuel Smith has just signed for Crewe Alexandra, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Words at Crewe Alexandra training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Pisani is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces19 Feb 2029

One of their own: Diego Pisani

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief

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The Millwall Post

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Aug 2027

6 matches without a win for Millwall

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Millwall are no longer polite ones.

Market30 Aug 2027

Millwall turn down Harrogate Town for Adam Mayor

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad30 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Millwall

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jair was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Door shut on Datro Fofana

Millwall asked and Chelsea said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match28 Aug 2027

Millwall come up short against Leicester City

Leicester City left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout30 Aug 2027

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Oliver Fisher left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout30 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Tristan Crama

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Samuel Smith stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuel Smith and Millwall agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout30 Aug 2027

Jair knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jair trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief