Tom Spence (4 January 1962 – 28 April 2012) was a Scottish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player and

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

. He was born in

Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Airdrie (; sco, Airdrie; gd, An t-Àrd Ruigh) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau roughly 400 ft (130 m) above sea level, and is approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Glasgow city centre. , the town had a ...

. Spence played for

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...

Clyde Clyde may refer to: People * Clyde (given name) * Clyde (surname) Places For townships see also Clyde Township Australia * Clyde, New South Wales * Clyde, Victoria * Clyde River, New South Wales Canada * Clyde, Alberta * Clyde, Ontario, a tow ...

and

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

and was captain of the Stirling Albion team which defeated Selkirk 20–0 in 1984. Former Cumnock, Thorniewood and Dunipace boss Tom - or Tam as he was better known - Spence died suddenly overnight, at the age of just 50.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Tom 1962 births 2012 deaths Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Scottish footballers Stirling Albion F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Clyde F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish football managers Albion Rovers F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Association football fullbacks