Gardner Speirs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Gardner Speirs | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1998 | Clyde | ||
| 2002 | Aberdeen (caretaker) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Ross County (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2013 | Queen's Park | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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 |  |
1996 | 1998 | |||||
| Queen's Park | |
January 2008 | December 2013 | 258 | 92 | 54 | 112 | 35.66 |
References
- ↑ "GARDNER SPEIRS". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
- ↑ "Dons appoint Speirs". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 December 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
- ↑ "County stick with interim Speirs". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
- ↑ "McCall outlines new Partick plans". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
- ↑ "Manager Gardner Speirs extends Queen's Park contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ "Queen's Park: Gardner Speirs leaves by mutual consent". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/officialekfc/status/637172757051084800
- ↑ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/east-kilbride-assistant-gardner-speirs-6366267#hFsDtdBRARhF6TR6.97