Nigel Spackman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel James Spackman | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Romsey, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Andover | |||
| 1980–1983 | Bournemouth | 119 | (10) |
| 1983–1987 | Chelsea | 141 | (12) |
| 1987–1989 | Liverpool | 51 | (0) |
| 1989 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | (1) |
| 1989–1992 | Rangers | 100 | (1) |
| 1992–1996 | Chelsea | 67 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Sheffield United | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 521 | (24) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Sheffield United (player-manager) | ||
| 2001 | Barnsley | ||
| 2006 | Millwall | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Nigel James Spackman (born 2 December 1960 in Romsey, Hampshire) is an English football manager and former player who played as a midfielder from 1980 to 1998 notably for Liverpool, Chelsea and Rangers.
He also played for Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield United. He initially started out with Non-league Andover. He took over as player-manager of Sheffield United in 1997, but lasted less than a year. He later had brief spells in charge of Barnsley in 2001 and Millwall in 2006. He now works for the Glenn Hoddle Academy.
Spackman started at Andover and spent his first three years as a professional with Bournemouth before joining Chelsea for £35,000 in the summer of 1983. He signed for Chelsea as part of manager John Neal's re-building of the side alongside the likes of Kerry Dixon, Pat Nevin and David Speedie. Spackman scored on his debut for the club in a 5–0 opening day win over Derby County, though he was not a regular goalscorer. Chelsea were promoted at the end of that season as Second Division champions and finished 6th in the following two seasons back in the top tier, with Spackman a near ever-present. During the 1986–87 season, several key players, including Spackman, fell out with manager John Hollins and he was sporadically left out of the starting line-up or played out of position. He was sold to Liverpool in 1987 for £400,000.
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