A Class Act In His Own Right
Intriguing Story Of Understudy Winger
Time-travel to the early 1950s and ask a knowledgeable football supporter who Leslie Smith is. They would probably nominate the London-born left-winger Aston Villa signed from Brentford in 1945 and who played more than 180 games in claret and blue before returning to Griffin Park. This was a player who was given a solitary cap for England – against Rumania in 1939 alongside Wolves duo Bill Morris and Stan Cullis.