 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Blackpool yakapedza yechishanu muligi muna 194647, mapfundo manomwe chete shure kwevakundi Liverpool. Mwaka unotevera, 194748, vakasvika mufainari yeFA Cup paWembley, iyo yakaguma nekukundwa ne 4-2.kuManchester United. Seasiders yakaderera kusvika panzvimbo yechi16 muna 194849, asi yakakwira kusvika pachinomwe muna 194950, mapoinzi mana chete shure kwemakwikwi ePortsmouth. Kunyange zvazvo vakapedza vari pachinzvimbo chechitatu muna 195051, vakapedza mushandirapamwe mapoinzi gumi kumashure kwemakwikwi Tottenham Hotspur. Smith akatungamirira kirabhu kune imwe FA Cup yekupedzisira muna 1951, uko vakarohwa 2 0 neNewcastle United mushure mekugadzirisa kubva kuna Jackie Milburn. Blackpool yaigona chete kupedza yechipfumbamwe neyechinomwe muna 195152 na195253, asi yakasvika imwe FA Cup yekupedzisira muna 1953. Inozivikanwa se Matthews Final, Stan Mortensen akarova hat-trick vachipesana neBolton Wanderers kuchengetedza Blackpool kukunda 4-3 uye yavo yekutanga FA Cup zita. Kirabhu yakapedza yechitanhatu mumutambo muna 195354 uye yakabva yadonha kusvika pachinzvimbo chegumi nemapfumbamwe muna 195455. Smith akabva atungamirira kirabhu kusvika pakakwirira yechipiri yechipiri yechipiri mu1955-56, kunyange zvazvo vakaguma vane 11 mapoinzi kure nemakwikwi eManchester United. Vakapedza vari vechina muna 195657 uye vari wechinomwe muna 195758. Mushure memitambo ye714 yeFootball League inotarisira Blackpool, Smith akasiya basa muna 1958, pazera remakore makumi matanhatu nemasere, nekuda kwehutano husina kunaka. Bhodhi reBlackpool rakamupa mubayiro nokuda kwebasa rake nokumupa kubata ruoko kwendarama kukuru ndokumutengera imba mutaundi racho. 