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{{Short description|English footballer}}
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| name= Nigel Spink
| name = Nigel Spink
| image = FC Bayern Munchen tegen Aston Villa 0-1 Europa Cup I blijde Aston Villa spelers , Bestanddeelnr 932-1810.jpg
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| caption = Nigel Spink (1982)
| fullname = Nigel Philip Spink
| fullname = Nigel Philip Spink
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/54 54]}}</ref>
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|8|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chelmsford]], England
| birth_place = [[Chelmsford]], England
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
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| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1976
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1976
| youthclubs1 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| youthclubs1 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| years1 = 1976–1977 | clubs1 = [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]] | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 0
| years1 = 1976–1977
| clubs1 = [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]]
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1977–1996 | clubs2 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] | caps2 = 361 | goals2 = 0
| years2 = 1977–1996
| clubs2 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| caps2 = 361
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1996–1997 | clubs3 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0
| years3 = 1996–1997
| clubs3 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| caps3 = 19
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1997–2000 | clubs4 = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] | caps4 = 44 | goals4 = 0
| years4 = 1997–2000
| clubs4 = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]
| caps4 = 44
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2000–2001 | clubs5 = [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]] | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 0
| years5 = 2000–2001
| clubs5 = [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]]
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 448 | totalgoals = 0
| totalcaps = 448
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1983 | nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1983
| nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1991 | nationalteam2 = [[England B national football team|England B]] | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1991
| nationalteam2 = [[England B national football team|England B]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2000–2002 | managerclubs1 = [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]]
| manageryears1 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs1 = [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]]
}}
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'''Nigel Philip Spink'''<ref name="WBA Whos Who">{{cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2005 | pages = 220–221 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4}}</ref> (born 8 August 1958) is an English former professional [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] from 1976 until 2001.
'''Nigel Philip Spink'''<ref name="WBA Whos Who">{{cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2005 | pages = 220–221 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4}}</ref> (born 8 August 1958) is an English football coach and former professional [[association football|footballer]].


He made his name at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] and also made one appearance for [[England national football team|England]] at international level on the tour of Australia in 1983. He also played in the [[Football League]] for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], as well as playing in Non-league for both [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]] and [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]].
He played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] from 1976 until 2001. He made his name at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] and also made one appearance for [[England national football team|England]] at international level on the tour of Australia in 1983. He also played in the [[Football League]] for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], and at non-league level for [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]] and [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]], the latter he would go on to manage between 2000 and 2002. Spink later worked as a goalkeeping coach for [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]], [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]].


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Spink began his career with Writtle Minors F.C. at junior and senior level<ref>Gallacher, Eric. ''Writtle Football Club Centenary Book 1902/03 to 2002/03''.</ref> before going as an apprentice to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], but soon moved to [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]] and then, at the age of just 18, to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. It was almost five years before his big break in the first team came along, and it came on the biggest stage of all – the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] Final. Ten minutes into the [[1982 European Cup Final|1982 final]] against [[Bayern Munich]], Villa's first choice goalkeeper, [[Jimmy Rimmer]], was injured and substitute keeper Spink was called into action, having only made one previous appearance in the first team. Spink performed superbly, keeping a clean sheet, and Villa won the game 1–0. By curious coincidence, Spink and Rimmer are two of the five England goalkeepers with the shortest international career (45 minutes).<ref>Two others, [[John Ruddy]] and [[Jack Butland]], are current internationals who shared goalkeeping duties against Italy in 2012; the fifth is [[Chris Kirkland]].</ref>
Spink began his career with Writtle Minors F.C. at junior level<ref>Gallacher, Eric. ''Writtle Football Club Centenary Book 1902/03 to 2002/03''.</ref> before going as a school boy to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], but soon moved to [[Chelmsford City F.C.|Chelmsford City]] and then, at the age of just 18, to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. It was almost five years before his big break in the first team came along, and it came on the biggest stage of all – the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] Final. Ten minutes into the [[1982 European Cup Final|1982 final]] against [[Bayern Munich]], Villa's first choice goalkeeper, [[Jimmy Rimmer]], was injured and substitute keeper Spink was called into action, having only made one previous appearance in the first team. Spink performed superbly, keeping a clean sheet, and Villa won the game 1–0. By curious coincidence, Spink and Rimmer are two of the four England goalkeepers with the shortest international career (45 minutes).<ref>[[John Ruddy]] and [[Chris Kirkland]] are the other two.</ref>


He went on to make 460 appearances for Villa before moving to neighbouring club [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] in 1996, almost two decades after first joining Villa. Spink made 24 appearances in all for Albion, and became the oldest goalkeeper to appear for the club when, at the age of 39 years and 19 days, he kept goal in a League Cup tie against Cambridge United on 27 August 1997,<ref name="WBA Whos Who"/> a record since broken by [[Dean Kiely]] at {{age in years and days|1970|10|10|2010|4|17}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4190&season_id=139 |title=Games played by Dean Kiely in 2009/2010 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref>
He went on to make 460 appearances for Villa, making his last appearance as an outfielder against [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|QPR]] in December 1995, having replaced the injured [[Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1968)|Ian Taylor]] in the final minute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2011/07/17/villas-fab-50-top-player-countdown-9-nigel-spink |title=Villa's Fab 50 top player countdown: 9 Nigel Spink |publisher=[[Aston Villa F.C.]] |date=17 July 2011 |access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref> He then moved to neighbouring club [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] in 1996, almost two decades after first joining Villa. Spink made 24 appearances in all for Albion, and became the oldest goalkeeper to appear for the club when, at the age of 39 years and 19 days, he kept goal in a League Cup tie against Cambridge United [[1997-98 WBA Season|on 27 August 1997]],<ref name="WBA Whos Who"/> a record since broken by [[Dean Kiely]] at {{age in years and days|1970|10|10|2010|4|17}}.<ref>{{Soccerbase season|4190|2009|name=Dean Kiely|access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref>


A £50,000 move in September 1997 took him down a division to [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] in Division Two, and he continued playing at [[The Den]] for another three seasons until he finally retired in June 2000, just before his 42nd birthday.
A £50,000 move in September 1997 took him down a division to [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] in Division Two, and he continued playing at [[The Den]] for another three seasons until he finally retired in June 2000, just before his 42nd birthday.


==Coaching & management career==
==Coaching career==
After retiring as a player, Spink worked as a coach at West Bromwich Albion and then had a two-year spell as manager of [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]] in the [[Conference National]]. He led Forest Green to the 2001 [[FA Trophy]] final but they would go on to lose 1–0 against [[Canvey Island F.C.|Canvey Island]] at [[Villa Park]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1324732.stm |title=Spink on brink of cup glory |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1328114.stm |title=Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2001}}</ref> He was eventually sacked in September 2002.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/2229013.stm |title=Forest Green sack Spink |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 September 2002}}</ref>
After retiring as a player, Spink had a two-year spell as manager of [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]] in the [[Conference National]]. He led Forest Green to the 2001 [[FA Trophy]] final but they lost 1–0 against [[Canvey Island F.C.|Canvey Island]] at [[Villa Park]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1324732.stm |title=Spink on brink of cup glory |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1328114.stm |title=Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2001}}</ref> He was eventually sacked in September 2002.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/2229013.stm |title=Forest Green sack Spink |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 September 2002}}</ref>


He then worked under [[Steve Bruce]] at [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] and [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] as a goalkeeping coach. He left Sunderland on 6 December 2011, following Bruce's dismissal a few days earlier.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.safc.com/news/20111206/oneill-confirms-backroom-additions_2256213_2539149 | title=O'Neill confirms backroom additions |publisher=Sunderland A.F.C | date=6 December 2011 | accessdate=6 December 2011}}</ref> Spink was goalkeeping coach at [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] from February 2012<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17145618 |title=Nigel Spink joins Bristol City as goalkeeping coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 February 2012 |accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref> until the end of the 2012–13 season, after which he started a courier business.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/now-mat-kendrick-looks-back-4324622 |title=Then and Now: Nigel Spink keeps himself busy on the road |author=Kendrick, Mat |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=15 June 2013 |accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref>
He then worked under [[Steve Bruce]] at [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] and [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] as a goalkeeping coach. He left Sunderland on 6 December 2011, following Bruce's dismissal a few days earlier.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.safc.com/news/20111206/oneill-confirms-backroom-additions_2256213_2539149 | title=O'Neill confirms backroom additions |publisher=Sunderland A.F.C | date=6 December 2011 | accessdate=6 December 2011}}</ref> Spink was goalkeeping coach at [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] from February 2012<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17145618 |title=Nigel Spink joins Bristol City as goalkeeping coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 February 2012 |accessdate=19 March 2013}}</ref>


==Personal life==
After the end of the 2012–13 season, Spink left the game and started his own courier business.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/now-mat-kendrick-looks-back-4324622 |title=Then and Now: Nigel Spink keeps himself busy on the road |author=Kendrick, Mat |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=15 June 2013 |accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
Aston Villa:
'''Aston Villa'''
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[1993–94 Football League Cup|1993–94]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-cocacola-cup-final-saunders-destroys-united-s-dream-aston-villa-s-master-plan-puts-paid-to-ferguson-s-malfunctioning-big-red-machine-as-kanchelskis-is-dismissed-1432264.html |title=Football / Coca-Cola Cup Final: Saunders destroys United's dream: Aston Villa's master plan puts paid to Ferguson's malfunctioning Big Red Machine as Kanchelskis is dismissed |first=Joe |last=Lovejoy |website=The Independent |date=27 March 1994 |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: 1982
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1981–82 European Cup|1981–82]]
*[[European Super Cup]]: 1983
*[[Football League Cup]]: 1994
*[[European Super Cup]]: [[1982 European Super Cup|1982]]

'''Individual'''
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1987–88 Football League#Second Division|1987–88 Second Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}}</ref>


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Nigel Spink
Nigel Spink (1982)
Personal information
Full name Nigel Philip Spink
Date of birth (1958-08-08) 8 August 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
–1976 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Chelmsford City 10 (0)
1977–1996 Aston Villa 361 (0)
1996–1997 West Bromwich Albion 19 (0)
1997–2000 Millwall 44 (0)
2000–2001 Forest Green Rovers 14 (0)
Total 448 (0)
International career
1983 England 1 (0)
1991 England B 2 (0)
Managerial career
2000–2002 Forest Green Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nigel Philip Spink[2] (born 8 August 1958) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

He played as a goalkeeper from 1976 until 2001. He made his name at Aston Villa and also made one appearance for England at international level on the tour of Australia in 1983. He also played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion and Millwall, and at non-league level for Chelmsford City and Forest Green Rovers, the latter he would go on to manage between 2000 and 2002. Spink later worked as a goalkeeping coach for Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Sunderland and Bristol City.

Playing career

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Spink began his career with Writtle Minors F.C. at junior level[3] before going as a school boy to West Ham United, but soon moved to Chelmsford City and then, at the age of just 18, to Aston Villa. It was almost five years before his big break in the first team came along, and it came on the biggest stage of all – the European Cup Final. Ten minutes into the 1982 final against Bayern Munich, Villa's first choice goalkeeper, Jimmy Rimmer, was injured and substitute keeper Spink was called into action, having only made one previous appearance in the first team. Spink performed superbly, keeping a clean sheet, and Villa won the game 1–0. By curious coincidence, Spink and Rimmer are two of the four England goalkeepers with the shortest international career (45 minutes).[4]

He went on to make 460 appearances for Villa, making his last appearance as an outfielder against QPR in December 1995, having replaced the injured Ian Taylor in the final minute.[5] He then moved to neighbouring club West Bromwich Albion in 1996, almost two decades after first joining Villa. Spink made 24 appearances in all for Albion, and became the oldest goalkeeper to appear for the club when, at the age of 39 years and 19 days, he kept goal in a League Cup tie against Cambridge United on 27 August 1997,[2] a record since broken by Dean Kiely at 39 years, 189 days.[6]

A £50,000 move in September 1997 took him down a division to Millwall in Division Two, and he continued playing at The Den for another three seasons until he finally retired in June 2000, just before his 42nd birthday.

Coaching career

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After retiring as a player, Spink had a two-year spell as manager of Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National. He led Forest Green to the 2001 FA Trophy final but they lost 1–0 against Canvey Island at Villa Park.[7][8] He was eventually sacked in September 2002.[9]

He then worked under Steve Bruce at Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Sunderland as a goalkeeping coach. He left Sunderland on 6 December 2011, following Bruce's dismissal a few days earlier.[10] Spink was goalkeeping coach at Bristol City from February 2012[11]

Personal life

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After the end of the 2012–13 season, Spink left the game and started his own courier business.[12]

Honours

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Aston Villa

Individual

References

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  1. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 54. ISBN 0362020175.
  2. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. 220–221. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
  3. ^ Gallacher, Eric. Writtle Football Club Centenary Book 1902/03 to 2002/03.
  4. ^ John Ruddy and Chris Kirkland are the other two.
  5. ^ "Villa's Fab 50 top player countdown: 9 Nigel Spink". Aston Villa F.C. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Games played by Dean Kiely in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Spink on brink of cup glory". BBC Sport. 11 May 2001.
  8. ^ "Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy". BBC Sport. 13 May 2001.
  9. ^ "Forest Green sack Spink". BBC Sport. 1 September 2002.
  10. ^ "O'Neill confirms backroom additions". Sunderland A.F.C. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Nigel Spink joins Bristol City as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  12. ^ Kendrick, Mat (15 June 2013). "Then and Now: Nigel Spink keeps himself busy on the road". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  13. ^ Lovejoy, Joe (27 March 1994). "Football / Coca-Cola Cup Final: Saunders destroys United's dream: Aston Villa's master plan puts paid to Ferguson's malfunctioning Big Red Machine as Kanchelskis is dismissed". The Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  14. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 147.
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