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All-action front man puts sizzle in Dragons

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 February 2026

SAM SMITH
WREXHAM STRIKER
By Chris Dunlavy

EARNING HIS REWARDS: Sam Smith celebrates his winner for Wrexham at Sheff Wed last weekend
PICTURE: Alamy

BACK in December, nobody at Wrexham could have imagined Sam Smith leading the Red Dragons’ charge for the Premier League.
Signed from Reading for a club-record £2m fee last January, the striker endeared himself to supporters by scoring seven goals during the run-in, including a famous brace in the promotion-clinching victory against Charlton.
Yet by the time Christmas Day rolled around, the 27-year-old had mustered jus...

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