Soccer: Tears of joy for bad boy Smith

Twelve short days ago, Alan Smith sat slumped in the Leeds United dressing room shedding tears of despair.

Soccer: Tears of joy for bad boy Smith

Twelve short days ago, Alan Smith sat slumped in the Leeds United dressing room shedding tears of despair.

The Rothwell-born striker had compounded the most bitter disappointment of his short career - and if he was expecting a sympathetic word from his manager, he did not get it.

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