Gardner Speirs

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Gardner Speirs
Personal information
Full name Walter Gardner Speirs
Date of birth (1963-04-14) 14 April 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Airdrie, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
-1980 St Mirren B.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1989 St Mirren 90 (16)
1988 → Kilmarnock (loan) 5 (0)
1989 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
1989 Hartlepool United 1 (0)
1990 Airdrieonians 9 (1)
1990–1991 Bathgate Thistle
1991–1992 East Stirlingshire 19 (2)
Managerial career
1996–1998 Clyde
2002 Aberdeen (caretaker)
2005–2006 Ross County (caretaker)
2008–2013 Queen's Park
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Gardner Speirs (born 14 April 1963) is a Scottish football player and manager.

Career

Playing

During his playing career, Speirs played for St Mirren, Kilmarnock (on loan), Dunfermline Athletic (on loan), Hartlepool United, Airdrieonians, Bathgate Thistle and East Stirlingshire.[1]

Managerial

He was on the coaching staff at Clyde, and from 1996 to 1998 held the position of Manager. Subsequently he joined the coaching staff at Aberdeen, eventually taking the role of assistant manager and in December 2002 was briefly named caretaker manager following the resignation of Ebbe Skovdahl.[2] He worked as caretaker manager of Ross County in October 2005 until the end of the 2005–06 season.[3] He became assistant manager of Partick Thistle in May 2007.[4]

He became manager at Queen's Park after taking over from Billy Stark in 2008. Speirs extended his contract at the end of the 2009–10 season for a further two years,[5] subsequently signing another extension on 27 January 2012 through until 2014. [6] He left Queen's Park by mutual consent in December 2013.[7]

On 28 August 2015, Gardner join Lowland League side East Kilbride as assistant manager,[8] [9]

On 22 March 2016, Gardner quits Lowland League side East Kilbride as assistant manager.

Managerial statistics

As of 22 December 2013.
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Clyde Scotland 1996 1998
Queen's Park Scotland January 2008 December 2013 258 92 54 112 35.66

References

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External links

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  6. ↑ http://www.theglaswegian.co.uk/football/queens-park-fc/queens-park-news/2012/01/27/queen-s-park-manager-gardner-speirs-extends-hampden-contract-until-2014-102692-23722949/
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  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/officialekfc/status/637172757051084800
  9. ↑ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/east-kilbride-assistant-gardner-speirs-6366267#hFsDtdBRARhF6TR6.97
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