Features

The Greatest Gaffer: Rob Smith on his managerial influences

In the latest in our series, we pick the brains of serial promotion winner Rob Smith, the man who guided Willenhall Town, AFC Telford United and Hednesford Town to higher levels, alongside trusty assistant Larry Chambers

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 June 2021

By Andy Mitchell

GOOD JOB: Rob Smith with James Bayliss at Hednesford
PICTURE: James Baylis/AFC Images

WHO inspires the inspirations in the ever-changing world of football? Which traits stand the test of time?
In the latest in our series, we pick the brains of serial promotion winner Rob Smith, the man who guided Willenhall Town, AFC Telford United and Hednesford Town to higher levels, alongside trusty assistant Larry Chambers.
Smith and Chambers launched their partnership in the dugout at Redditch United and it was his experience of playing under ex-Birmingham City midfielder Paul Hen...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Non-League Newsletter

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

Your subscription has been successful.

More in Features

HOLS LEFT ON HOLD AS AL BEGINS REBELS ROLE

By Jon Couch RETURN: Alan Julian is back in the hotseat at Slough ALAN Julian has revealed the driving force behind a productive first week in the Slough Town manager’s office – his understanding wife Jo! The 43-year-old cancelled his family summer holiday in order to take up office at...
With a glut of goals and a sprinkle of stardust , i’ll get the fan’s Seal of approval

CHESTER FC MANAGER PHIL PARKINSON By CHRIS DUNLAVY MAKING NOISE: Phil Parkinson is back in the manager’s hotseat at Chester PICTURE: Jonathan Moore PHIL Parkinson has spent the last six weeks watching Chester, so he knows exactly what is required to turn the Seals into a National League North force...
The 2026 NGAs: Ollie Pearce is chasing a Player of the Year double

As we celebrate the end of another rollercoaster season, the National Game Awards are once again preparing to honour the great and the good for their part in another memorable campaign.
Denis and Viv’s 80s heroes left me Radio Ga Ga

FANS’ FORUM I REMEMBER vividly when York City accumulated over 100 points in the 1983-84 season. I attended many games at the old romantic Bootham Crescent ground, where strikers Keith Walwyn and John Byrne spearheaded a great team, under the capable management of Denis Smith and Viv Busby. It was...