Gerry Armstrong (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerard Joseph Armstrong | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1971 | St Paul's Swifts | ||
| 1971–1972 | Cromac Albion | ||
| 1972–1975 | Bangor | ||
| 1975–1980 | Tottenham Hotspur | 84 | (10) |
| 1980–1983 | Watford | 76 | (12) |
| 1983–1985 | Real Mallorca | 55 | (13) |
| 1985–1986 | West Bromwich Albon | 8 | (0) |
| 1986 | Chesterfield | 12 | (1) |
| 1986–1989 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 47 | (6) |
| 1987 | → Millwall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Crawley Town | 25 | (6) |
| 1990 | Glenavon | 7 | (2) |
| 1990–1991 | Bromley | ||
| 1991–1995 | Worthing | ||
| National team | |||
| 1977–1986 | Northern Ireland | 63 | (12) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–1995 | Worthing | ||
| 1994–1996 | Northern Ireland Assistant | ||
| 2004–2006 | Northern Ireland Assistant | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Gerard Joseph "Gerry" Armstrong (born 23 May 1954, in Fintona) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur.
He spent the majority of his career in England, as well as having a spell in Spain. He represented the Northern Ireland national football team and won acclaim at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he was the highest scoring player from the UK; this included a shock winner against hosts Spain. He currently works as a football analyst.
Armstrong, who supported English club Leeds United as a boy, began his career in Northern Ireland with St Paul's Swifts. He only started to play football as a teenager when serving a ban from Gaelic football, and feels that his late start in the game was a significant disadvantage.
He subsequently moved on to play for Cromac Albion and Bangor.
In November 1975 Armstrong moved to England, signing with Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £25,000. He made his Spurs debut in a 3–1 defeat at Ipswich Town on 21 August 1976, aged 22. He made a total of 84 league appearances for Spurs, scoring 10 goals.
In November 1980 he was signed by Second Division side Watford for £250,000. Watford were promoted to the First Division in the 1981–82 season, and Armstrong scored the club's first ever goal in the top flight.
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