 Spence in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Canada women (assistant) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2004–2012 | Everton Ladies (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2015 | Everton Ladies | ||
| 2016–2018 | Everton Ladies | ||
| 2022– | Canada women (assistant) | ||
Andy Spence (born 8 January 1983) is an English football manager who currently is an assistant coach of the Canada women's national soccer team. [1] [2] He previously managed Everton women's team. [3]
He is a diploma graduate in football management from the University of Liverpool and an honorary graduate of science and football from the Liverpool John Moores University.
The first position Spence held with Everton was a stint as director of the Everton Centre of Excellence, which is an academy program tasked with training girls between the ages of Under-9s through Under-17s. [4]
By 2004, Spence began his Everton managing career as an assistant to Mo Marley. [5] During his time as an assistant, Spence helped the club win the 2008 League Cup and the 2010 FA Cup. [4]
On 14 November 2012 Marley stepped down at the end of the last campaign, naming Spence as the new first team manager. [5] [6] [7] After three seasons with the Blues, Spence stepped down, having lost the dressing room and citing the club's need to move forward after being relegated at the conclusion of the 2014 season after 21 seasons in the top flight and struggling form in the FA WSL 2. He would be succeeded by Nicola Anderson and retake his position at the club's Centre of Excellence. [8] [9]
After six months, Spence was re-appointed manager of Everton [5] [10] Spence would lead Everton to back-to-back third place WSL 2 finishes. In 2017, the FA WSL ran an interim season to re-align the season calendars between February and May called the FA WSL Spring Series. This interim season would not compete for promotion or relegation ahead of the 2017–18 season. Under Spence, Everton won the Spring Series with seven wins from nine matches. Spence was known for his public outbursts on the side line with other Managers and emotional overflow.
Prior to the 2017–18 season, Notts County of the WSL 1 folded prior to the Spring Series prompting The Football Association to invite FA WSL 2 clubs to apply and fill the vacancy. [11] Spence's Everton was awarded the invitation back into the top flight on 9 June 2017, and competed in the WSL 1 for the 2017–18 season. [12]
After going winless through six matches in the FA WSL to open the 2018–19 campaign, Spence "left his role" as manager with Jennifer Herst being appointed interim manager. [3]
Spence was appointed assistant head coach for Canada women's national team in 2022. [13] He took temporary charge of the team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris when head coach Bev Priestman was suspended after two members of her backroom staff were sent home for flying a drone over the New Zealand squad's training session in the build-up to the match between the two countries. [14] [15]
All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (not including friendlies) are included.
| Team | Nat | Year | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Everton |  | 2012–2015 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 31.37 |
| Everton | | 2015–2018 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 42.22 |
| Career total | 96 | 35 | 18 | 43 | 36.46 | ||
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