Clarets Take Tractor Boy Defender On Loan

22 Sep 2017 By Steve Whitney

Chelmsford City have signed defender Chris Smith from SkyBet Championship side Ipswich Town.

Smith moves to the Melbourne Stadium on a month`s loan deal.

Nineteen-year-old Smith made his full debut for the Suffolk side earlier this season as he came on as a second half substitute in the EFL Cup defeat at Crystal Palace.

The Ipswich-born defender became a schoolboy with the Tractor Boys in 2006 before signing a two-year scholarship in 2014.

He then signed a one-year pro deal in July 2016 before extending his stay at Portman Road for another year at the beginning of the 2017/18 season.

Smith has featured heavily for Town’s under-23 side recently, thus warranting his first-team call-up in the EFL Cup. However, the opportunity of first-team football has been offered with Rod Stringer’s Clarets.

Smith is immediately made available for selection for Chelmsford’s visit to Poole Town this weekend.

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