Walter Gardner Speirs (born 14 April 1963) is a Scottish football manager and former player.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Gardner Speirs[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 April 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Queen's Park (Head of Youth Development) | ||
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 | ||
2021–2022 | Queen's Park (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.[2]
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.[3] He worked as caretaker manager of Ross County in October 2005 until the end of the 2005–06 season.[4] He became assistant manager of Partick Thistle in May 2007.[5]
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,[6] subsequently signing another extension on 27 January 2012 through until 2014. [7] He left Queen's Park by mutual consent in December 2013.[8]
Spiers briefly joined the Rangers Academy as a youth coach in March 2015.[9] On 28 August 2015, Gardner joined Lowland League side East Kilbride as assistant manager.[10] He left that position in March 2016.[citation needed]
Having performed the role of Head of Youth Development for Queen's Park for a few years, Speirs was named as caretaker manager of the club on 31 December 2021, following the departure of Laurie Ellis.[11]
Managerial statistics
- As of 17 May 2022[update]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Clyde | ![]() |
1996 | 1998 | |||||
Aberdeen (caretaker) | ![]() |
2002 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Ross County (caretaker) | ![]() |
October 2005 | June 2006 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 39.29 |
Queen's Park | ![]() |
January 2008 | December 2013 | 258 | 92 | 54 | 112 | 35.66 |
Queen's Park (caretaker) | ![]() |
December 2021 | June 2022 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 31.82 |
References
External links
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