A-Jay Leitch-Smith

A-Jay Leitch-Smith
Leitch-Smith in 2010
Personal information
Full name Jay Leitch-Smith[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Crewe, England[3]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Hanley Town
Youth career
1997–2008 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Crewe Alexandra 103 (19)
2008Halifax Town (loan)
2009Newcastle Town (loan)
2009ÍBV (loan) 14 (4)
2010Curzon Ashton (loan) 10 (7)
2014–2015 Yeovil Town 33 (2)
2015–2016 Port Vale 37 (10)
2016–2018 Shrewsbury Town 16 (1)
2017–2018Dundee (loan) 28 (6)
2018–2021 Morecambe 53 (9)
2021–2022 Altrincham 19 (4)
2022 Nantwich Town 14 (2)
2022–2023 Warrington Rylands 9 (2)
2023Hyde United (loan) 5 (1)
2023 Nantwich Town 5 (0)
2023–2024 Stafford Rangers 21 (1)
2024– Hanley Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Jay Leitch-Smith (born 6 March 1990), known as A-Jay Leitch-Smith, is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Division One West club Hanley Town.

A graduate of the Academy at Crewe Alexandra, he played on loan for Halifax Town, Newcastle Town, ÍBV (Iceland), and Curzon Ashton. He spent six years with Crewe, winning the League Two play-offs in 2012 and the Football League Trophy in 2013. He signed with Yeovil Town in June 2014 but moved on to Port Vale in July 2015 after a poor season with Yeovil. He finished as Port Vale's top-scorer before moving on to Shrewsbury Town in June 2016. He joined Scottish Premiership club Dundee on loan for the 2017–18 season. He signed with Morecambe in August 2018 and remained with the club for three seasons. He joined National League side Altrincham in August 2021 and moved on to Warrington Rylands via Nantwich Town in 2022. He joined Hyde United for a brief spell on loan in March 2023. He rejoined Nantwich the following season before a switch to Stafford Rangers and then Hanley Town.

  1. ^ "AJ Leitch-Smith: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Jay Leitch-Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2015/2016". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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