A hot-shot in east London with the Daggers, Mackail-Smith continued to bang them in in 2007/08 to help steer the Posh into League One
Goals were not in short supply during Peterborough’s League Two promotion romp and Mackail-Smith, another to be plucked from non-league football by Posh boss Darren Ferguson, contributed 19 in his first season in the Football League.
The striker had spent three seasons at Dagenham & Redbridge before leaving the East London side halfway through their promotion-winning season from the Conference to League Two in January 2007 in a deal worth £125,000. Mackail-Smith scored 38 goals for John Still’s side and brought his scoring boots with him to London Road.