Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
I don't think he was sent off when he gave the Vs, I believe he was being subbed in what was an awful 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday who finished bottom that season - both teams went down and it was easy to see why.
I've just looked it up and he played once more for us (in a game at Southampton where our relegation was confirmed), but, you're right really, his days were numbered after he lost it when he was subbed. Maybe, it was his really blond hair which made him stand out, but I was always impressed by him when he played against us for Middlesbrough and Birmingham, but he was rubbish for us, albeit in a poor team, after we paid a big fee (£40,000) for him.
The website I checked him on said he was "excellent" in his early matches for us, but that's not how I remember it. To be fair, Jimmy Scoular, who signed Smith, was sacked some three months later and, judging by the number of matches he played after that, neither Frank O'Farrell or Jimmy Andrews rated him much. One other thing from that website, apparently he didn't just flick the Vs that day, he also took his shirt off as he was leaving the field and chucked it into the City dug out.