Tony Spearing
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Tony Spearing (born 7 October 1964) is a former professional footballer who until recently was assistant manager to Rob Newman at Cambridge United.
Spearing began his career with Norwich and was a member of their youth team that won the 1983 FA Youth Cup, beating Everton in a replayed final. He played 82 times for City's first team, but the arrival of Mark Bowen meant that Spearing was no longer first choice left-back at Norwich and in 1988 he joined Leicester for a fee of £100,000.
Spearing played 73 games for Leicester, 35 for Plymouth and 111 for Peterborough before joining King's Lynn as a player in 1997.
Spearing became manager of the Linnets in 1998 but quickly relinquished the position and returned to his playing duties, though he was re-appointed as manager in 2000 and remained in the position for a further two years. He went on to play for Sudbury, Wisbech and Great Yarmouth before taking up his position of assistant manager at Cambridge United in 2005.
Spearing left the Abbey Stadium when Rob Newman was sacked in September 2006 after a defeat against Exeter left the U's second-bottom of the Conference.
Spearing returned to Carrow Road to play in the centenary match against Harwich & Parkeston in September 2002.
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