Tony Spearing

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Tony Spearing
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Personal information
Full name Tony Spearing
Date of birth October 7, 1964 (1964-10-07) (age 43)
Place of birth    Flag of England Romford, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club West Brom
Youth clubs
1982-1984 Norwich City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1984-1988
1984
1985
1988-1991
1991-1993
1993-1997
1997-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005		 Norwich City
Stoke City (loan)
Oxford United (loan)
Leicester City
Plymouth Argyle
Peterborough United
King's Lynn
A.F.C. Sudbury
Wisbech Town
Great Yarmouth		 069 (2)
009 (0)
005 (0)
073 (1)
035 (0)
111 (2)
00? (?)
00? (?)
009 (0)
00? (?)   
National team
England u19 Captain 13 caps
Teams managed
1998
2000-2002
2005-2006		 Kings Lynn
Kings Lynn
Cambridge United (Assistant)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Tony Spearing (born October 7, 1964) is a former professional footballer who until recently was assistant manager to Rob Newman at Cambridge United.

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[edit] Playing career

Spearing began his career with Norwich and was a member of their youth team that won the 1983 FA Youth Cup, beating Everton in a replayed final. He played 82 times for City's first team, but the arrival of Mark Bowen meant that Spearing was no longer first choice left-back at Norwich and in 1988 he joined Leicester for a fee of £100,000.

Spearing played 73 games for Leicester, 35 for Plymouth and 111 for Peterborough before joining King's Lynn as a player in 1997.

[edit] Management career

Spearing became manager of King's Lynn FC (the Linnets) in 1998 but quickly relinquished the position and returned to his playing duties, though he was re-appointed as manager in 2000 and remained in the position for a further two years. He went on to play for A.F.C. Sudbury, Wisbech and Great Yarmouth before taking up his position of assistant manager at Cambridge United in 2005.

Spearing left the Abbey Stadium when Rob Newman was sacked in September 2006 after a defeat against Exeter left the U's second-bottom of the Conference.

Spearing returned to Carrow Road to play in the centenary match against Harwich & Parkeston in September 2002.

Spearing was a member of the Leicester City masters side that beat Chelsea in 2005 to win the grand final of the Sky TV Masters indoor league.

He is now a Senior Scout For Blackburn Rovers FC working within the Premiership and Europe.

1st March 2008 Spearing leaves Blackburn Rovers to take up an offer from West Brom to become the Head of European recruitment.

[edit] Honours

  • FA Youth Cup winner 1983

[edit] Sources

  • Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7

[edit] External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Peter Morris		 King's Lynn manager
1998		 Succeeded by
Gary Mills
Preceded by
Gary Mills		 King's Lynn manager
2000-2002		 Succeeded by
Peter Morris
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