John Smeulders
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Smeulders[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1972 | Chelsea | ||
| 1972–1974 | Orient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1979 | Orient | 0 | (0) |
| 1979–1981 | Bournemouth | 14 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Trowbridge Town | 83 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Weymouth | 23 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Bournemouth | 75 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Torquay United | 18 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| → Poole Town (loan) | |||
| 1987–1989 | Bournemouth | 9 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Brentford (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| → Farnborough Town (loan) | 2 | (0) | |
| Weymouth | 20 | (0) | |
| 1991–1992 | Fareham Town | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| England Youth | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
John Smeulders (born 28 March 1957) is an English retired professional football goalkeeper, best remembered for his three spells in the Football League with Bournemouth.[2] He also played league football for Torquay United, Brentford and Peterborough United.[3]
Club career
A goalkeeper, Smeulders began his career as a youth with Orient.[3] He was unable to displace the number 1 shirt from Ray Goddard and John Jackson and made just a handful of League Cup appearances before departing the Os in 1979.[3] To revive his stalled career, Smeulders began the first of three spells with Bournemouth in 1979.[3] After failing to break into the first team, Smeulders dropped into non-league football in January 1981 with Trowbridge Town, moving on to Weymouth and then back to Bournemouth in January 1984.[4][5] This time he did establish himself in the first team, making 75 league appearances and setting a then-club record seven consecutive clean sheets, before moving to Torquay United in 1986.[3] After failing to hold down a first team place and spending time away from Plainmoor on loan, Smeulders returned to Bournemouth for the third time in 1987.[3] He again failed to hold down a regular place and dropped back into non-league football in 1989.[3] Smeulders retired at age 38, due to a damaged knee.[3]
Coaching career
Smeulders late returned to Bournemouth as a coach to goalkeepers Neil Moss and Ian Andrews.[3]
International career
Smeulders won caps for England at youth level and played in the same team as Bryan Robson, Ray Wilkins, Glenn Hoddle and Peter Barnes.[3]
Personal life
As of March 1996, Smeulders was working in a bakery in Bournemouth.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Peterborough United | 1986–87[6] | Fourth Division | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brentford (loan) | 1988–89[7] | Third Division | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Barry Hugman's Footballers – John Smeulders". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Wrexham 09/03/96. Quay Design of Poole. 1996. p. 13.
- ↑ "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 978-1906796716.
- ↑ "John Smeulders's Matches For Peterborough – UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database". www.uptheposh.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 400. ISBN 0951526200.