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Walsall is the club where Dean Smith started his professional football playing career. He joined the club in 1989 as a youth player and progressed through the ranks, making his first-team debut in 1991. Smith spent seven seasons at Walsall, making over 200 appearances and helping the team win promotion to the Second Division in 1995. He left Walsall in 1997 to join Hereford United.