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Cyril Spiers Personal information Full name Cyril Henry Spiers Date of birth 4 April 1902 Place of birth Witton, England Date of death 21 May 1967 (aged 65) Playing position Goalkeeper Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1920–1927 Aston Villa 104 (0) 1927–1932 Tottenham Hotspur Teams managed 1939–1946 Cardiff City 1946–1947 Norwich City 1947–1954 Cardiff City 1954–1958 Crystal Palace 1962–1963 Exeter City * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Cyril Henry Spiers (4 April 1902 – 21 May 1967) was an English association football goalkeeper who played for Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur and later went on to manage at Football League clubs for twenty years.[1]
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Career
Spiers began his professional playing career at Aston Villa where he made 104 League and 8 FA Cup appearances over a seven year career.[2] He was forced to retire after suffering a serious injury and, believing that he could never play again, Aston Villa released him. However he underwent experimental surgery and was able to return to football with Tottenham Hotspur, making 169 appearances between 1927 and 1932. He eventually left the club and became assistant manager to Frank Buckley at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
In 1939 he took over as secretary-manager at Cardiff City but his rebuilding of the team was cut short following the outbreak of World War II. He stayed at the club throughout the war and set up a number of nursery teams, including Cardiff Nomads who would go on to bring players such as Alan Harrington and Colin Baker to the club, to bring most of the local football talent to the club. He fell out with the club over a dispute over money and left to manage Norwich City. He was back at Cardiff two years later as manager to replace Billy McCandless, bringing the Cardiff Nomads back with him having adopted the club for Norwich when he joined. He took them to promotion during the 1951-52 season but eventually left to manage Crystal Palace in September 1954. He later had a spell scouting for Leicester City before taking his last managerial post at Exeter City in 1962.[3]
Managerial statistics
Team Country From To Record G W D L Win % Cardiff City 
April 1939 April 1946 10 3 3 4 30 Norwich City 
June 1946 December 1947 64 15 12 37 23.44 Cardiff City April 1948 April 1954 265 107 73 85 40.38 Crystal Palace September 1954 June 1958 183 52 54 77 28.42 Exeter City May 1962 February 1963 28 7 4 17 25 Total 550 184 146 220 33.45 References
- Specific
- ^ "Cyril Spiers". League Managers Association. http://www.leaguemanagers.com/manager/profile-971.html. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Ward, Adam; p.316
- ^ "Bob Young's managerial career". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=727. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- General
- Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
- Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy. The essential history of Aston Villa. Headline book publishing (2002). pp. 300–319. ISBN 0-7553-1140-X.
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Cardiff City F.C. – managers (c) caretakerMcDougall (1910–11) · Stewart (1911–33) · Wilson (1933–34) · Watts-Jones (1934–37) · Jennings (1937–39) · Spiers (1939–46) · McCandless (1946–47) · Spiers (1947–54) · Morris (1954–58) · Jones (1958–62) · Swindin (1962–64) · Scoular (1964–73) · Clayton (1973c) · O'Farrell (1973–74) · Andrews (1974–78) · Morgan (1978–81) · Williams (1981–82) · Ashurst (1982–84) · Goodfellow & Mullen (1984c) · Goodfellow (1984) · Durban (1984–86) · Mullen (1986c) · Burrows (1986–89) · Ashurst (1989–91) · May (1991–94) · Yorath (1994–95) · May (1995) · Hibbitt (1995–96) · Neal (1996) · Hibbitt (1996c) · Osman (1996–98) · Hibbitt (1998c) · Burrows (1998–2000) · Ayre (2000) · Gould (2000) · Cork (2000–02) · Lawrence (2002–05) · Jones (2005–11) · Mackay (2011–)
Norwich City F.C. – managers Bowman (1905–07) · McEwen (1907–08) · Turner (1909–10) · Stansfield (1910–15) · Buckley (1919–20) · O'Hagan (1920–21) · Gosnell (1921–26) · Stansfield (1926) · Potter (1926–29) · Kerr (1929–33) · Parker (1933–37) · Young (1937–38) · Jewell (1939) · Young (1939–45) · Lochhead (1945–46) · Spiers (1946–47) · Lochhead (1947–50) · Low (1950–55) · Parker (1955–57) · Macaulay (1957–61) · Reid (1961–62) · Swindin (1962) · Ashman (1962–1966) · Morgan (1966–69) · Saunders (1969–73) · Bond (1973–80) · Brown (1980–87) · Stringer (1987–92) · Williams (1992) · Walker (1992–94) · Deehan (1994–95) · O'Neill (1995) · Franklin (1995) · Megson (1995–96) · Walker (1996–98) · Rioch (1998–2000) · Hamilton (2000) · Worthington (2000–06) · Hunter (2006) · Grant (2006–07) · Duffy (2007) · Roeder (2007–09) · Gunn (2009) · Butterworth (2009) · Lambert (2009–)
Crystal Palace F.C. – managers Robson (1905–07) · Goodman (1907–25) · Maley (1925–27) · Maven (1927–30) · Tresadern (1930–35) · Bromilow (1935–36) · Moyes (1936–36) · Bromilow (1936–39) · Irwin (1939–47) · Butler (1947–49) · Rooke (1949–50) · Dawes (1950–51) · Slade (1950–51) · Scott (1951–54) · Spiers (1954–58) · G. Smith (1958–60) · Rowe (1960–62) · Graham (1963–66) · Head (1966–72) · Allison (1973–76) · Venables (1976–80) · Walley (1980) · Allison (1980–81) · Gradi (1981) · Kember (1981–82) · Mullery (1982–84) · Bassett (1984) · Coppell (1984–93) · A. Smith (1993–95) · Coppell (1995–96) · Bassett (1996–97) · Coppell (1997–98) · Lombardo and Brolin (1998) · Noades and Lewington (1998) · Venables (1998–99) · Coppell (1999–2000) · A. Smith (2000–01) · Kember (2001) · Bruce (2001) · Kember and Bullivant (2001) · Francis (2001–03) · Kember (2003) · Symons (2003) · Dowie (2003–06) · Taylor (2006–07) · Symons (2007) · Warnock (2007–10) · Hart (2010) · Burley (2010–11) · Freedman (2011–)
Exeter City F.C. – managers Chadwick (1908–22) · Maven (1923–27) · D. Wilson (1928–29) · McDevitt (1929–35) · English (1935–39) · Roughton (1945–52) · Kirkman (1952–53) · Ward (1953) · Dodgin (1953–57) · Thompson (1957–58) · Broome (1958–60) · G. Wilson (1960–62) · Spiers (1962–63) · Edwards (1963–65) · Stuttard (1965–66) · Basford (1966–67) · Broome (1967–69) · Newman (1969–76) · Saxton (1977–79) · Godfrey (1979–83) · Francis (1983–84) · Iley (1984–85) · Appleton (1985–87) · Cooper (1988–91) · Ball (1991–94) · Cooper (1994–95) · Fox (1995–2000) · Blake (2000–01) · Cornforth (2001–02) · McNab (2002–03) · Peters (2003) · Dolan (2003–04) · Perryman (2004) · Inglethorpe (2004–06) · Tisdale (2006–)
Categories:- 1902 births
- 1967 deaths
- People from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English footballers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. managers
- Cardiff City F.C. managers
- Exeter City F.C. managers
- Crystal Palace F.C. managers
- English football managers
- Association football goalkeepers
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