Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Speare | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 November 1976||
Place of birth | Liverpool, [1] England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
1997 | Darlington | 2 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Sligo Rovers | ||
1998–2004 | Accrington Stanley | 306 | |
2004–2005 | Lancaster City | 56 | |
2005–2006 | Southport | 2 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Barrow | 54 | |
2008–2009 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | (0) |
2011 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | (0) |
2013 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | (0) |
Colwyn Bay | 2 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 10 October 2014 (UTC) |
James Speare (born 5 November 1976) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [2]
Having left Everton as a trainee in 1997, Speare joined Darlington making two appearances in the 1996–97 season. He then moved over to Ireland and joined Sligo Rovers.
Following a move to then non-league side Accrington Stanley in 1998, Speare played in almost 300 games over a 6-year period until the summer of 2004.
Speare has since appeared for a number of lower league clubs including Southport, Lancaster City and Barrow amongst others.
Following a goalkeeper injury crisis at Accrington Stanley in the winter of 2008 Speare re-joined the club on a short-term contract, despite not making an appearance he was a regular on the substitutes bench until his release in January 2009.
In November 2011 following an injury to Ian Dunbavin Speare re-joined the club for a third time on another short-term deal, making the substitutes bench again on 12 November 2011 in a 1st Round FA Cup tie against Notts County.
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