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= Connor Smythe =

Connor Smythe (born 11 January 1996 in Sheffield) is an English footballer, who currently plays for AFC Mansfield.

Career
Smythe spent the majority of his youth career playing in Sheffield Wednesday's academy until he was released from the club aged 15 and joined Scunthorpe United. At the age of 16 he was selected as a unused substitute in a pre-season friendly against Manchester United. He made numerous appearances for the Iron's youth team and reserves and captained the youth team in the 2013-14 season. Smythe scored his only Iron goal in a pre-season fixture against Winterton Rangers in July 2013.

After not being offered a professional deal with Scunthorpe, Smythe signed for Boston United but failed to make a competitive appearance before moving on to sign for Worksop Town in August 2014. Smythe spent the majority of the 2014-15 season at Worksop Town before joining Shirebrook Town on loan in February 2015. He returned to Worksop in the summer of 2015 but quickly moved on to join Rainworth MW linking up with previous manager Julian Watts. In March 2016 Smythe was signed by Handsworth Parramore to join their challenge in aiming to win the NCEL Premier Division, however, the Ambers came up just short and finished runners-up to Tadcaster Albion.

Smythe remained with the Ambers for the 2016-17 season, where they finished 4th in the NCEL Premier Division, making 52 appearances and scoring 7 goals in all competitions. He was selected in the Non-League Yorkshire 2016-17 NCEL Premier Team of the Year. In the summer of 2017, Smythe signed for AFC Mansfield under the management of Rudy Funk and Mark Ward.