sentences:  In August 1935, Smith was approached to become the new manager of Blackpool, in place of the departed Sandy MacFarlane, an offer he immediately accepted; a love of the seaside apparently being one of the main deciding factors.After a tenth-place finish in 1935–36, he led the club to promotion in 1936–37 with a second-place finish in the Second Division.He then secured the club's First Division status with mid-table finishes in 1937–38 and 1938–39.