Tommy Spurr
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Thomas "Tommy" Spurr is an English
footballer currently playing as a defender
for Doncaster Rovers.
, West Yorkshire
, Where he played for Seacroft Colts AFC as a youngster. He joined Sheffield Wednesday
at a young age and worked his way up through the academy before signing for them full time in 2004 and in his first season established himself in the reserves and won a place on the bench for the first team. He was named Academy player of the year in the 2004–05 season and made his first team debut against Reading
on 22 April 2006. He was awarded Sponsor's Man of the Match for his performance in the game.
The 2006–07 season saw Spurr hold down a regular place in the starting eleven at left back ahead of the more experienced Peter Gilbert
and John Hills. In December 2006, Spurr was given a new two-and-a-half year contract which took his contract up until the summer of 2009.
Spurr scored his first goal for Sheffield Wednesday
against Charlton Athleic
on 25 August 2007 in a 3–2 defeat. He scored his second career goal and first Hillsborough
goal on 14 April 2008 against Plymouth Argyle
. It proved to be the equaliser in what was a crunch game for Sheffield Wednesday and was voted Sky Sports Championship Goal of the Season.
In December 2007 Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers
made an offer for Spurr. It was turned down, however, as he was described as a 'top asset in the playing squad.' Later in the month Queens Park Rangers
made an improved offer which was also rejected by Sheffield Wednesday.
Spurr scored his third goal for Wednesday against Watford
in a 2–0 win at Hillsborough
on 13 September 2008. Despite playing at centre back for the game due to an injury sustained by Mark Beevers
, Spurr found himself 50 yards out on the left wing and played a give and go with Etienne Esajas
, before sliding the ball right footed past Mart Poom
from 8 yards.
Spurr scored another eye-catching goal in a 2–1 defeat by Fulham
in the FA Cup
3rd Round on Saturday, 3 January 2009, when he collected a square ball from James O'Connor to score from 30 yards. During the 7 February 2009 Steel City derby
Spurr scored his fourth league goal for the club from a Michael Gray cross just 45 seconds into the game.
Spurr was handed the team's captaincy in the game on 21 February 2009 against Neil Warnock's
Crystal Palace
, in the absence of team captain Richard Wood
. In September, he signed a three-year contract extension. However Sheffield were relegated from The Championship on the final day of the season against Crystal Palace
. After staying with the club in League 1, Spurr found himself out of favour when manager Gary Megson
took over the club.
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 currently playing as a defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for Doncaster Rovers.
Sheffield Wednesday
Spurr was born in LeedsLeeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, Where he played for Seacroft Colts AFC as a youngster. He joined Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
at a young age and worked his way up through the academy before signing for them full time in 2004 and in his first season established himself in the reserves and won a place on the bench for the first team. He was named Academy player of the year in the 2004–05 season and made his first team debut against Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
on 22 April 2006. He was awarded Sponsor's Man of the Match for his performance in the game.
The 2006–07 season saw Spurr hold down a regular place in the starting eleven at left back ahead of the more experienced Peter Gilbert
Peter Gilbert
Eric Peter Gilbert , known as Peter Gilbert, is an English-born Wales Under-21 international footballer who plays as a defender for League Two club Southend United...
and John Hills. In December 2006, Spurr was given a new two-and-a-half year contract which took his contract up until the summer of 2009.
Spurr scored his first goal for Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
against Charlton Athleic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
on 25 August 2007 in a 3–2 defeat. He scored his second career goal and first Hillsborough
Hillsborough Stadium
Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday football club, Sheffield, England. Football has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, when Wednesday moved from their original ground at Olive Grove. Today it is a 39,812 capacity all-seater stadium, making it the...
goal on 14 April 2008 against Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
. It proved to be the equaliser in what was a crunch game for Sheffield Wednesday and was voted Sky Sports Championship Goal of the Season.
In December 2007 Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
made an offer for Spurr. It was turned down, however, as he was described as a 'top asset in the playing squad.' Later in the month Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
made an improved offer which was also rejected by Sheffield Wednesday.
Spurr scored his third goal for Wednesday against Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
in a 2–0 win at Hillsborough
Hillsborough Stadium
Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday football club, Sheffield, England. Football has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, when Wednesday moved from their original ground at Olive Grove. Today it is a 39,812 capacity all-seater stadium, making it the...
on 13 September 2008. Despite playing at centre back for the game due to an injury sustained by Mark Beevers
Mark Beevers
Mark Geoffrey Beevers is an English professional football defender playing in the centre back position who is currently on loan at Milton Keynes Dons on loan from Sheffield Wednesday.-Career:...
, Spurr found himself 50 yards out on the left wing and played a give and go with Etienne Esajas
Etiënne Esajas
Etiënne Esajas is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Swindon Town in the English Third Division , He formerly played for Sheffield Wednesday and Vitesse...
, before sliding the ball right footed past Mart Poom
Mart Poom
Mart Poom is an Estonian former football goalkeeper. He retired after Estonia's 0–0 draw against Portugal on 10 June 2009 to focus on his job as goalkeeping coach at Arsenal and the Estonian national team, as well as other more "personal" projects....
from 8 yards.
Spurr scored another eye-catching goal in a 2–1 defeat by Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
3rd Round on Saturday, 3 January 2009, when he collected a square ball from James O'Connor to score from 30 yards. During the 7 February 2009 Steel City derby
Steel City derby
The Steel City Derby is a local derby that takes place between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, the two professional football league teams based in the city of Sheffield, England...
Spurr scored his fourth league goal for the club from a Michael Gray cross just 45 seconds into the game.
Spurr was handed the team's captaincy in the game on 21 February 2009 against Neil Warnock's
Neil Warnock
Neil Warnock is an English former footballer who is currently manager of English Premier League club Queens Park Rangers....
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
, in the absence of team captain Richard Wood
Richard Wood (footballer)
Richard Mark Wood is an English footballer who plays for Coventry City as a defender.-Career:Born in Ossett, West Yorkshire, Wood was a Leeds United fan and had a season ticket at Leeds, however Wood came up through the ranks at Sheffield Wednesday and started to support The Owl's instead...
. In September, he signed a three-year contract extension. However Sheffield were relegated from The Championship on the final day of the season against Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
- United Kingdom :* The Crystal Palace, an 1851 building in south London destroyed by fire in 1936** The Great Exhibition, the event the building was built for, sometimes also known as Crystal Palace...
. After staying with the club in League 1, Spurr found himself out of favour when manager Gary Megson
Gary Megson
Gary John Megson is an English former football player and is currently manager of Sheffield Wednesday.He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers...
took over the club.
Doncaster Rovers
In June 2011, it was reported that Sheffield Wednesday had accepted an undisclosed fee said to be around the £200,000 area from for the services of Spurr. He signed for Doncaster Rovers on 28 June 2011.Career statistics
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011–12 2011–12 in English football The 2011–12 season is the 132nd season of competitive football in England.The season began on 5 August 2011 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier starting eight days later, League Football Conference Starting one day before Premier League starts.The Championship, League One, and League Two... |
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in... |
Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11 2010–11 in English football The 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football in England.The season began on 6 August 2010 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier League and Football Conference both starting eight days later on 14 August 2010. The Championship, League One, and League Two ended on 7 May... |
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
League One Football League One Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 2009–10 2009–10 in English football The 2009–10 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England.The season began on 8 August 2009 for the Championship, League One and League Two and 15 August 2009 for the Premier League... |
Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |
| 2008–09 2008–09 in English football The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while... |
Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2007–08 | Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |
| 2006–07 | Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 185 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 202 | 6 | ||
External links
- Tommy Spurr player profile at swfc.co.uk