Noel Spencer

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Noel Spencer
Image:Noel Spencer.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth July 26, 1977
Place of birth Wollongong, Australia
Height 1.83 m
Position Centre Midfield
Club information
Current club Central Coast Mariners
Number 4
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1996–00
2000–04
2004–2005
2005–present
Wollongong Wolves
Northern Sprit
Parramatta Eagles
Central Coast Mariners
79 (3)
92 (4)
?? (?)
37 (6)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.

Noel Spencer (born July 25, 1977 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners in the newly formed Hyundai A-League. He scored on the opening day of the inaugural A-League season, away from home against Perth Glory, with a 30 yard drive from distance into the top right hand corner of the net. This goal was awarded the "Jesters' Pies Marinators' Goal of the Year" award at the end of the season.

[edit] NSL

Noel played for his hometown of Wollongong from 1996-2000 and was part of Wollongong Wolves championship-winning team of the 1999/2000 season. After the championship win Noel left for Northern Spirit which he played for and later captained until the NSL became defunct. During the period between the end of the NSL competition and the beginning of the A-League he played a season for Parramatta Eagles.

[edit] Central Coast Mariners

Noel was the first captain of the Mariners, and took his team to the inaugural Hyundai A-League Grand Final, narrowly missing out on the honour of being the first captain to win the trophy. During the A-League 05-06 season he scored 6 goals and started in every single game for the Mariners. This record continued until Sunday 12 November when he was dropped from the starting team against the Newcastle Jets.


Central Coast Mariners FC - Current Squad

1 Crawley | 2 O'Sullivan | 3 O'Grady | 4 Spencer | 5 Porter | 6 Gumprecht | 7 Hutchinson | 8 McMaster | 9 Mrdja | 10 Pondeljak | 11 Brown | 12 Petrie | 13 Vidmar | 14 Tomasevic | 15 Clark | 16 Boogaard | 17 Osman | 18 Wilkinson | 19 Kwasnik | 20 Vukovic | 23 Jedinak | 30 Trott | Coach McKinna