STRIKER LEEDS UNITED SOLD IS HAVING BEST-EVER SEASON WITH 14 GOALS ALREADY

Matt Smith, a former striker for Leeds United, is surpassing the record he set at the Championship giants ten years ago while having the best season of his career at Salford City.

Okay, so not many Elland Road fans have many fond memories of Matt Smith as a player. However, from a personal standpoint, Matt Smith’s brief stay in West Yorkshire was generally successful. Aside from a spell at Millwall, Smith’s most productive league season to date was 2013–14, when he scored 12 goals in the Championship while wearing the Leeds United uniform.

Smith scored his 13th goal of 2023–24, and his 14th goal overall, against Mansfield Town on Saturday in League Two with a trademark towering header. Thus, this is the only more the seasoned targetman needs to have his finest season to date. Given that the Halloween pumpkins are still rotting on the doorstep, it’s safe to assume he has plenty of time on his side.

Neil Wood, the coach of Salford, stated, “We know, and we’ve said it all along, if we can provide the right crosses, provide the right opportunities for him, then he will score goals.” A few weeks prior, Smith had scored a hat-trick against Doncaster Rovers (BeIN Sports).

It’s critical that he occupy the proper spot inside the box in order to seize those opportunities. Additionally

It is what he did tonight.

In fact, Smith has been ‘doing that’ throughout much of the last few months. The so-called ‘curse of the ex’ claimed another victim in August, Smith scoring in typical style against former employers Leeds United, knocking Daniel Farke’s side out of the Carabao Cup nine years after the Yorkshire giants accepted a £500,000 deadline day bid from Fulham.

Smith told The Mirror, “I always look back on my time at Leeds fondly.” Smith arrived at Elland Road during the crazy Massimo Cellino era.

“I was there most likely during one of the most turbulent times in the club’s recent history. Because so much was going on, I had the impression that I had been there for much longer than the actual season. I left under somewhat peculiar circumstances. There are many more stories than there are in a season!

At Salford, Smith is undoubtedly writing a few more chapters in an effort to make sure his tale has a happy conclusion.