Tony Spearing

Infobox Football biography
playername = "Tony Spearing"


fullname = Tony Spearing
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|10|7
cityofbirth = flagicon|England Romford
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=5|in=8
position = Defender
currentclub = West Brom
youthyears = 1982-1984
youthclubs = Norwich City
years = 1984-1988
1984
1985
1988-1991
1991-1993
1993-1997
1997-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
clubs = 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
caps(goals) = 069 (2)
009 (0)
005 (0)
073 (1)
035 (0)
111 (2)
00? (?)
00? (?)
009 (0)
00? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = England u19 Captain 13 caps
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1998
2000-2002
2005-2006
managerclubs = Kings Lynn
Kings Lynn
Cambridge United "(Assistant)"

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

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.

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.

Honours

* FA Youth Cup winner 1983

ources

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

External links

*soccerbase|7511|Tony Spearing
* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/spearing.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]