keith spurgeon - fact file

19 - 19        defender

Born late 1932 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England.

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Keith Spurgeon might not be a name recognised as a famous Spurs player, but he went on to make a name for himself as a manager of note at club and national level across the world.

Played two games at centre half for Spurs' B team in December 1951 in the Metropolitan & District Football League, before going on to play for the Army while on National Service, Margate, Leytonstone, Folkestone Town, Herne Bay and Snowdon Colliery Welfare. 

Keith had to retire after suffering a knee injury, but got a job at Forest School, Snaresbrook where he gained a coaching badge in 1955 and got his FA Coaching award the following year.

Got the manager's job at Ajax and they won the first Inter-Toto Cup in April 1962 under Spurgeon.  Meanwhile off the pitch, his wife took note of the ability of their cleaner's son, who she fed well when he visited their house and he was Johann Cruyff.

Leaving Ajax, Keith moved on to manage Blauw Wit twice, Heracles Almelo and AGOVV while in Holland, but also managed the Libyan national team, Dallas Tornado, KV Mechelen (Belgium), Lerske KC (Belgium), the Nigerian national team, AIK (Sweden), Landskrona BOIS (Sweden), IFK Lulea (Sweden) and APOEL (Cyprus).

Keith Spurgeon died in Sweden in 1990.

 

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Career Record
 
Club Signed Fee Debut Apps Goals
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1951 ?? ??  ?? ??
Margate 1952 ?? ??  ?? ??
Leytonstone 1953 ?? ??  ?? ??
Margate 1955 ?? ??  ?? ??
Folkestone Town 1956 ?? ??  ?? ??
Herne Bay 1957 ?? ??  ?? ??
Snowdon Colliery Welfare 1960 ?? ??  ?? ??

Career Record
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
Margate
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
Leytonstone
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
Margate
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
Folkestone Town
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
Herne Bay
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
Snowdon Colliery Welfare
- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
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- League appearances; goals
- FA Cup appearances; goals
- Other appearances; goals
 


Honours
- international
- full caps;  - goals
Under-21 caps; goals
- Cup winners medal 19---

Milestones
- appearance

           

 

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