Eddie Spearritt Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

 is a retired English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer, who played as a midfielder.

Clubs

• 1965-1969 :   Ipswich
  Ipswich Town F.C.
  Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
  
   (played in 79 games scoring 14 goals)

• 1969-1974 :   Brighton (played in 210 games scoring 22 goals)

• 1974-1976 :   Carlisle
  Carlisle United F.C.
  Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
  
   (played in 31 games scoring 1 goal)

• 1976-1976 :   Gillingham
  Gillingham F.C.
  Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...
  
   (played in 19 games scoring 1 goal)

He finished his playing career in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. By 1979 he was the manager of the Brisbane Lions

Queensland Lions Soccer Club

Queensland Lions Football Club is an football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-History:The club was founded in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club by Dutch immigrants. From the start they were based at grounds in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands, where they still play...

 in the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

.

Career Achievements

Spearritt played in every position for Ipswich, including substitute goalkeeper and he once held the record for the longest throw in football.

Personal life

Eddie is the uncle of Hannah Spearritt

Hannah Spearritt

Hannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7. She is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British drama Primeval....

, the British singer and actress and Tanya Spearritt, the British model and fashion designer.

External links

• Tanya Spearritt - Media Wiki