Spencer James Andrew Weir-Daley (born 5 September 1985) is a

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who plays as a

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for Anstey Nomads and the Montserrat national team. He notably played in the

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for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

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, Lincoln City,

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and Notts County before moving into non-league football where he has appeared for

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

, AFC Telford United, Buxton,

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...

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, Rushden & Diamonds,

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, Peterborough Sports, Gresley, Shepshed Dynamo,

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, Melton Town and Pinchbeck United. In 2015 whilst playing semi-professionally for Corby he was called up to represent Montserrat, where he has been capped 16 times to date, scoring twice.

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Born in

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, Weir-Daley started his career at

in 1996 at 10 years old progressing through their Academy and making his debut after successful spells in the youth and reserve teams. He made his debut in a League Cup game against

and scored on his

debut with Forest in a 3–1 away win over Gillingham. After eight first-team appearances, he was side-lined in November by a serious shoulder injury . That would keep him out for the remainder of the 2005–06 season. In August 2006, Weir-Daley signed on loan for struggling

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side

for three months. He played seven league games and scored twice. In January 2007 he moved on loan to another League Two side, Lincoln City, on loan sparking interest in a permanent deal and several other clubs after scoring against

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and then two goals against

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, All of which were live on sky TV Including a Man of the Match award in the Walsall match His form brought him into consideration for the League Two February player of the month award, in which he came in 2nd place losing out to

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of Stockport County On 22 March, the deadline for emergency loans, Weir-Daley was signed on loan by League One club

and scored on his debut a last minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with AFC Bournemouth After his Bradford City loan spell Weir-Daley was recalled by Nottingham Forest for their League One play-off matches. Weir-Daley played in the 2–0 win over

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in the play-off semi-final first leg, which proved to be his final appearance for Forest as he did not feature in the second leg in which they were beaten 5–2 at the City Ground. Weir-Daley later rejected a one-year contract offer stating his pursuit of regular football the reason. He made 11 appearances in total for Forest scoring two goals.

Notts County

Weir-Daley rejected interest from Bradford to sign a two-year deal with Notts County. Weir-Daley became the first Notts County striker to score in the 2007–08 season (including pre season), when he scored in his third start of the season in Notts County's 1–1 draw with Rotherham United on 22 September. He was released from his contract in January 2009 five months early by mutual consent along with fellow County player Jay Smith. Weir-Daley had played 48 games for County although only 12 were starts he scored three goals, all of which came in the league.

Non-league

He joined

in October 2009, scoring 21 goals in the 2009–10 season helping the club to promotion. In May 2011 Spencer was offered a new contract from Boston United and rejected the offer and became a

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Rumours circulated of an impending move to Grimsby Town, however in a fans forum on 18 July 2011, joint-managers

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and Rob Scott who managed Weir-Daley at Boston, commented that they had no interest in bringing him to

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. In late August 2011 he joined AFC Telford United until the end of the 2011–12 season. In January 2012 he rejoined his former club. On 1 January 2013 Weir-Daley scored his 50th competitive goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Corby Town after 96 starts and 21 as sub. Weir-Daley signed for

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on a one-year contract in June 2014, following the expiry of his contract at Boston United. Weir-Daley played a key role as Corby were crowned Champions on the last day of the

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season scoring twice including the winner in virtually a league playoff decider. Weir-Daley also finished the club's top scorer with 23 goals in 38 starts. In February 2016, Weir-Daley signed for Southern League club

on loan until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Kettering Town four minutes into his debut in a 2–0 win away at second placed

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. Weir-Daley went on to score seven goals in 11 appearances as Kettering narrowly missed out on the playoffs by one point. Weir-Daley re-signed for the 2016–17 season as Kettering were one of the promotion favourites although they had slow start Weir-Daley's goals were still coming including a hat-trick against St Neots Town. It was announced on 8 December 2016 that Weir-Daley had signed for Northern Premier League team

. It was announced on 27 July 2017 that Weir-Daley had signed for Southern League Premier Division team

. He scored his first goal for the club in a pre-season friendly against Midland League side Boldmere St. Michaels in a 3–1 victory for Redditch. Weir-Daley made his competitive debut for Redditch in a 5–0 win against Dunstable Town on the opening day of the 2017–18 season. He went on to play for

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and Peterborough Sports, whom he joined in October 2018. He then had spells at Gresley, Shepshed Dynamo and

. In the 2021-22 season he played for Melton Town and Pinchbeck United. He joined Anstey Nomads in March 2023.

International career

Weir-Daley was called up to

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in March 2015 for the

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double-header against

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. Weir-Daley scored his first international goal for Montserrat on 14 October against

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in the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification to earn a 1–0 win, curling into the top corner from just outside the 18-yard box.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Weir-Daley goal.''

References

http://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/weir-daley-receives-united-mem-818273.html

External links

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