Cyril Spiers

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Cyril Spiers (died 1967[1]) was an English association football goalkeeper and later manager.

Spiers began his playing career at Aston Villa where he made over one hundred appearances before suffering a serious injury. Aston Villa thought he would never play again and he was released by the club but 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 Major 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.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Where are they now?" Retrieved on 31 March 2008
  2. ^ Bob Young's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
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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) • Walker (1992–94) • Deehan (1994–95) • O'Neill (1995) • Megson (1995–96) • Walker (1996–98) • Rioch (1998–2000) • Hamilton (2000) • Worthington (2000–06) • Grant (2006–07) • Duffy (2007) • Roeder (2007–)
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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/Brolin (1998) • Noades/Lewington (1998) • Venables (1998–99) • Coppell (1999–2000) • A. Smith (2000–01) • Kember (2001) • Bruce (2001) • Kember/Bullivant (2001) • Francis (2001–03) • Kember (2003) • Symons (2003) • Dowie (2003–06) • Taylor (2006–07) • Symons (2007) • Warnock (2007–)
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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) • 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–)
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Cardiff City F.C. – Managers

McDougall (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 (1973) • O'Farrell (1973–74) • Andrews (1974–78) • Morgan (1978–81) • Williams (1981–82) • Ashurst (1982–84) • Goodfellow and Mullen (1984) • Goodfellow (1984) • Durban (1984–86) • Mullen (1986) • Burrows (1986–89) • Ashurst (1989–91) • May (1991–94) • Yorath (1994–95) • May (1995) • Hibbitt (1995–96) • Neal (1996) • Hibbitt (1996) • Osman (1996–98) • Hibbitt (1998) • Burrows (1998–2000) • Ayre (2000) • Gould (2000) • Cork (2000–02) • Lawrence (2002–05) • Jones (2005–)
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