MARMITE MAN IS STILL SO TASTY AT TRINITY
“I’M a bit like Marmite – you love me if I’m in your team but hate me if I’m lining up against you.” Gregg Smith is used to people giving him the cold shoulder, but if you thought that might make him lose sleep, you’d be highly mistaken.
Signing for Boston United in the past, Smith referred to himself as a ‘horrible footballer’.
As it turns out, that is just what Gainsborough Trinity boss Curtis Woodhouse needed to help fire his side up the Northern Premier League.
“For a big lad I’m quite noticeable,” Smith told The NLP. “I get called fat and other stuff wherever I go but it’s never bothered me. I’ve always had a good relationship with the fans, and I think that’s because I wear my heart of my sleeve.
“I’ve managed to make a name for myself, so I think there’s probably more pressure on me. People don’t expect much of me because of the size of me so I think sometimes I have to work harder to win people round. I’ve been a big lad for most of my career and I haven’t changed much.”
On the back of five straight wins, Trinity are one of the division’s most in-form sides, with Smith’s eye for goal as good as ever.
But he won’t take all the credit. He believes the club’s appointment of Curtis Woodhouse could be the best bit of business they’ve done for a while.
“The gaffer has started a bit of a revival and that is something we need to continue now,” he said. “You have to keep it simple when you’re at the lower end of the table and just focus on yourself and winning as many games of football as you can.
“The gaffer asked me to be his main man and I don’t want to let him down. We can’t look too far ahead but with him and the squad here, there’s no reason why things can’t be much different next season.”