Jamie Speare

Not to be confused with Jamie Spears.

Jamie Speare

Personal information
Full name	James Speare
Date of birth	(1976-11-05) 5 November 1976
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Everton	0	(0)
1997	Darlington	2	(0)
1997–1998	Sligo Rovers
1998–2004	Accrington Stanley	306
2004–2005	Lancaster City	56
2005–2006	Southport	2	(0)
2006–2008	Barrow	54
2008–2009	Accrington Stanley	0	(0)
2011	Accrington Stanley	0	(0)
2013	Accrington Stanley	0	(0)
	Colwyn Bay	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

James Speare (born 5 November 1976) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Having left Everton as a trainee in 1997, Speare joined Darlington making two appearances in the 1996–97 season. He then moved over to Ireland and joined Sligo Rovers.

Following a move to then non-league side Accrington Stanley in 1998, Speare played in almost 300 games over a 6-year period until the summer of 2004.

Speare has since appeared for a number of lower league clubs including Southport, Lancaster City and Barrow amongst others.

Following a goalkeeper injury crisis at Accrington Stanley in the winter of 2008 Speare re-joined the club on a short-term contract, despite not making an appearance he was a regular on the substitutes bench until his release in January 2009.

In November 2011 following an injury to Ian Dunbavin Speare re-joined the club for a third time on another short-term deal, making the substitutes bench again on 12 November 2011 in a 1st Round FA Cup tie against Notts County.

On 12 October 2013, Jamie joined Cammell Laird as a goalkeeping coach. In October 2014 he followed manager Tony Sullivan to Witton Albion.

External links

• Jamie Speare at Soccerbase