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Dave Smith: Former Mansfield, Southend & Plymouth boss dies, aged 88

Scotland-born ex-footballer and manager Dave Smith has died, at the age of 88.

He took charge of five clubs, winning promotion with the first three of them, Mansfield Town, Southend United and Plymouth Argyle.

He was part of the coaching staff when Newcastle won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 and also briefly managed home town club Dundee.

His final job came at Torquay United, which ended in 1991.

But he carried on living in Devon and has remained part of the local football scene in Plymouth for the past three decades.

Smith steered both Mansfield and Southend to the old Division Four title, and led Plymouth out of the old Division Three in 1986 before finishing seventh in the second tier the following season - Argyle's highest position in the past 60 years.